Activities of Fiona HALL related to 2012/0074(NLE)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Recital 1
(1) The ingestion of water is one of the pathways of incorporation of radioactive substances into the human body. In accordance with Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation, the contribution to the exposure of the population as a whole, taking into account long-term cumulative exposure, from practices which involve a risk from ionizing radiation must be kept as low as reasonably achievapossible.
Amendment 19 #
Recital 6
(6) In the event of non-compliance with a parameter that has an indicator function, the Member State concerned should assess whether that non-compliance poses any risk to human health and, where necessary,, including in the long-term, and take remedial action to restore the quality of the water as soon as possible.
Amendment 22 #
Recital 7
(7) Consumers should be adequatefully and appropriately informed in a transparent and impartial manner of the quality of water intended for human consumption.
Amendment 23 #
Recital 9
(9) Each Member State should establish robust monitoring programmes to check that water intended for human consumption meets the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 26 #
Article 3
This Directive shall apply to water intended for human consumption, including water used in the food industry, with the exemptions set out in Article 3(1) of Directive 98/83/EC and laid down in accordance with Article 3(2) of that Directive.
Amendment 28 #
Article 4
Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in Article 6(3)a of Directive 96/29/Euratom, Member States shall take all measures necessary to establish an appropriat robust and effective monitoring programme to ensure that water intended for human consumption complies with the parametric values established in accordance with this Directive.
Amendment 30 #
Article 6
Member States shall ensure regular monitoring of water intended for human consumption in accordance with Annex II in order to check that the concentrations of radioactive substances do not exceed the parametric values laid down in accordance with Article 5. Such monitoring shall take account of long-term cumulative exposure of the population.
Amendment 37 #
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where a failure to comply with the parametric values laid down in accordance with Article 5 occurs, the Member State shall assess immediately whether the failure poses a risk to human health. In the event that there is such a risk, the Member State shall take remedial action to restore the quality of the water.
Amendment 40 #
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where the risk to human health cannot be regarded as trivial, the Member State shall ensure that consumers are notified as soon as possible and alternative water supplies are provided without delay.