Activities of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2022/0344(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy
Amendments (15)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Substances are considered for listing in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC or in Annex I or Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC based on an assessment of the risk they pose to humans and the aquatic environment. The key components of that assessment are knowledge of the environmental concentrations of the substances, which might includinge information collected from voluntary watch-list monitoring, and of the (eco)toxicology of the substances, as well as of their persistence, bioaccumulation, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reprotoxicity and endocrine disrupting potential.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The new scientific knowledge points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already regulated. In groundwater, a particular problem has been identified through voluntary monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals. PFAS have been detected at more than 70% of the groundwater measuring points in the Union and existing national thresholds are clearly exceeded at a considerable number of locations, and pharmaceutical substances are also widely found. In surface waters, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives are already listed as priority substances, but other PFAS are now also recognised to pose a risk. Watch-list monitoring under Article 8b of Directive 2008/105/EC has confirmed a risk in surface waters from a number of pharmaceutical substances which shouldmight therefore be added to the priority substances list. However, the introduction of new substances for testing in groundwaters will result in a significant increase in the cost of groundwater monitoring, further compounded by the current increase in the price of services, energy and fuels. Therefore, the testing of new substances within the framework of the groundwater watch list should remain voluntary, at least until there is more knowledge and a greater amount of representative data on the scale of the threat they pose to groundwater.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 2 – point 30
Article 2 – point 30
(30) ‘Priority substances’ means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that is substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment in a high proportion of Member States.’ as determined by the Commission after public notice and consultations;
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 2 – point 35
Article 2 – point 35
‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effect-based method. grounded in the leading evidence of available scientific knowledge’;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA, a watch list of substances for which Union-wide monitoring data are to be gathered by the Member States and to lay down the formats to be used by the Member States for reporting the results of that monitoring and related informationMember States are encouraged to gather Union-wide monitoring data for voluntary reporting to the Commission. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account the leading evidence of scientific knowledge and the following information:
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Participating Member States shall monitor each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within sixnine months of the establishment of the watch list.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Where a participating Member State is in a position to generate sufficient, comparable, representative and recent monitoring data for a particular substance or group of substances from existing monitoring programmes or studies, it may decide not to undertake additional monitoring under the watch list mechanism for that substance or group of substances, provided that the substance or group of substances was monitored using a methodology that is compliant with the monitoring matrices and the methods of analysis referred to in the implementing act establishing the watch list.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 4
Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 4
4. Participating Member States shall make available the results of the monitoring referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and with the implementing act establishing the watch list as adopted pursuant to paragraph 1. They shall also make available information on the representativeness of the monitoring stations and on the monitoring strategy.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter, the list of pollutants set out in Annex I and the quality standards for those pollutants set out in that Annex, as well as the list of pollutants and indicators set out in Part B of Annex II.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a, to amend Annex I to adapt it to technical and scientific progress by adding or removing groundwater pollutants and quality standards for those pollutants set out in that Annex and to amend Part B in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress by adding pollutants or indicators for which Member States have to consider establishing national thresholds.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States participating in the voluntary watch list as laid down in Article 2, shall monitor each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within sixnine months of the inclusion of the substance in the list.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI
Annex VI
Directive 2008/105/EC
Annex II – part A – point 11
Annex II – part A – point 11