Activities of Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES related to 2011/2297(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of EU water legislation (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that, while the major focus should be on the implementation of current legislation, specific gaps exist that need to be filled by new legislation; it is necessary to develop legislative measures to guarantee transparency in the management of water; this should include: information on the origin of water, the distribution and the procedure for its sell and use; therefore it is needed to make use of the existing satellite technologies to locate the points of extraction of water; this information has to be public; moreover, updated information on underground hydrological resources and their use has to be available.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that water is at the core of most ecosystem services and stresses the importance of proper water management in reaching biodiversity targets; encourages reforestation and wetland restoration measures in the management of water resources; calls for better alignment of the objectives of the WFD with Natura 2000; underlines that the knowledge base should integrate the concept of 'environmental flows' and take into account the ecosystem services supported by water; stresses the need to take into account that water cycle changes depend on habitat and this has an influence on the percentage of water that is recycled. The water cycle is not the same everywhere and differences exist between the one of the tropics, of the Mediterranean and of the mid or high latitudes.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises that the EU policy framework has allowed the collection of less fragmented data on water as well as better monitoring; notes however the lack of reliable data on water quantity, for instance on abstraction and leakage; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Environment Agency, to develop a new set of reliable indicators for water accounts; underlines that the knowledge base should integrate the concept of ‘environmental flows’ and take into account the ecosystem services supported by water, adapting them to the climate, to water cycle and to the most efficient systems that are determined for each area;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Highlights that in every European there is the need to improve knowledge on the water cycle and to recover the water cycle as a mechanism that includes the relation between climate and territory; this knowledge has to be comprehensive if we take into consideration "environmental flows" and underground water resources;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Taking into account the improvements made by innovation on water, on the techniques that are used for water purification and on the solutions that are created and being applied in Europe, it is important that the European Development Agency and the European Innovation Partnership for Water make a list of all the existing technologies in order to avoid their duplication and to improve in this way the transfer of know- how;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the need for Europe to promote instruments and aids for the spread of technology and current knowledge in order to help the development of an internal market of water technology.