Activities of Jan HUITEMA related to 2017/0332(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Quality of water intended for human consumption – Implementation of the EU water legislation (debate)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission, in its reply to the European citizens’ initiative ‘Right2Water’ in 201483 , invited Member States to ensure access to a minimum water supply for all citizens, in accordance with the WHO recommendations. It also committed to continue to "improve access to safe drinking water […] for the whole population through environmental policies"84 . This is in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target to "achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all". The concept of equitable access covers a wide array of aspects such as availability (due for instance to geographic reasons, lack of infrastructure or the specific situation of certain parts of the populations), quality, acceptability, or financial affordability. Concerning affordability of water, it is important to recall that, when setting water tariffs in accordance with the principle of recovery of costs set out in Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States may have regard to the variation in the economic and social conditions of the population and may therefore adopt social tariffs or take measures safeguarding populations at a socio-economic disadvantage. This Directive deals, in particular, with the aspects of access to water which are related to quality and availability. To address those aspects, as part of the reply to the European citizens' initiative and to contribute to the implementation of Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights85 that states that "everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water", Member States should be required to tackle the issue of access to water at national level whilst enjoying somenecessary discretion as to the exact type of measures to be implemented. This can be done through actions aimed, inter alia, at improving access to water intended for human consumption for all, for instance with freely accessible fountains in cities, and promoting its use by encouraging the free provision of water intended for human consumption in public buildings and restaurants. Member States should be free to determine the right mix of such instruments with regard to their specific national situation. _________________ 83 COM(2014)177 final 84 COM(2014)177 final, p. 12. 85 Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017/C 428/09) of 17 November 2017 (OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10).
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. all water used in food production companies for the manufacture, processing, preservation or marketing of products or substances intended for human consumption, unless the competent national authorities are satisfied with a food operators demonstration that the water quality cannot affect the hygiene of the end food products, in line with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) other relevant pollutants, such as microplastics Beta-estradiol (50-28-2), BPA, Nonylphenol, or river basin specific pollutants established by Member States on the basis of the review of the impact of human activity undertaken in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC and information on significant pressures collected in accordance with point 1.4 of Annex II to that Directive.
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Minimum requirements for products and materials in contact with water 1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that substances and materials for the manufacture of new products in contact with water intended for human consumption used for abstraction, treatment or distribution, or the impurities associated with such substances: (a) do not directly or indirectly reduce the protection of human health provided for in this Directive; (b) do not affect the smell or taste of water intended for human consumption; (c) are not present in water at a concentration above the level necessary to achieve the purpose for which they are used; and (d) do not promote microbial growth. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt, by 5 years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 in order to supplement this Directive by laying down the minimum hygiene requirements and the list of substances and materials in contact with water intended for human consumption approved in the EU. 3. Materials in contact with water intended for human consumption which are covered by other EU legislation, such as Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of Council1a, shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2. _____________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (OJ L 088, 4.4.2011, p. 5).
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that regular monitoring of the quality of water intended for human consumption is carried out, in order to check that ithe water available to consumers meets the requirements of this Directive and in particular the parametric values set in accordance with Article 5. Samples shall be taken so that they are representative of the quality of the water consumed throughout the year. In addition, Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that, where disinfection forms part of the preparation or distribution of water intended for human consumption, the efficiency of the disinfection treatment applied is verified, and that any contamination from disinfection by- products is kept as low as possible without compromising the disinfection.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Derogations 1. Member States may provide for derogations from the parametric values set out in Annex I, Part B, or set in accordance with Article 5(2), up to a maximum value to be determined by them, provided no derogation constitutes a potential danger to human health and provided that the supply of water intended for human consumption in the area concerned cannot otherwise be maintained by any other reasonable means. Derogations shall be limited to as short a time as possible and shall not exceed three years, towards the end of which a review shall be conducted to determine whether sufficient progress has been made. Where a Member State intends to grant a second derogation, it shall communicate there view, along with the grounds for its decision on the second derogation, to the Commission. No such second derogation shall exceed three years. 2. In exceptional circumstances, a Member State may ask the Commission for a third derogation for a period not exceeding three years. The Commission shall take a decision on any such request within three months. 3. Any derogation granted in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 shall specify the following: (a) the grounds for the derogation; (b) the parameter concerned, previous relevant monitoring results, and the maximum permissible value under the derogation; (c) the geographical area, the quantity of water supplied each day, the population concerned and whether or not any relevant food-production undertaking would be affected; (d) an appropriate monitoring scheme, with an increased monitoring frequency where necessary; (e) a summary of the plan for the necessary remedial action, including a timetable for the work and an estimate of the cost and provisions for reviewing; et (f) the required duration of the derogation. 4. If the competent authorities consider the non-compliance with the parametric value to be trivial, and if action taken in accordance with Article 12(2) is sufficient to remedy the problem within 30 days, the requirements of paragraph 3 need not be applied. In that event, only the maximum permissible value for the parameter concerned and the time allowed to remedy the problem shall be set by the competent authorities or other relevant bodies in the derogation. 5. Recourse may no longer be had to paragraph 4 if failure to comply with any one parametric value for a given water supply has occurred on more than 30 days on aggregate during the previous 12 months. 6. Any Member State which has recourse to the derogations provided for in this Article shall ensure that the population affected by any such derogation is promptly informed in an appropriate manner of the derogation and of the conditions governing it. In addition the Member State shall, where necessary, ensure that advice is given to particular population groups for which the derogation could present a special risk. These obligations shall not apply in the circumstances described in paragraph 4 unless the competent authorities decide otherwise. 7. With the exception of derogations granted in accordance with paragraph 4, a Member State shall inform the Commission within two months of any derogation concerning an individual supply of water exceeding 1 000 m3 a day as an average or serving more than 5 000 people, including the information specified in paragraph 3. 8. This Article shall not apply to water intended for human consumption offered for sale in bottles or containers.
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) information on the cost structure of the tariff charged per cubic metre of water intended for human consumption, including fixed and variable costs, presenting at least costs related to the following elements:;
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) treatment and distribution of water intended for human consumption;
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table – row 6
Annex I – part B – table – row 6
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table – row 7
Annex I – part B – table – row 7
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table – row 26
Annex I – part B – table – row 26
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table – footnote 1 a (new) to row 29
Annex I – part B – table – footnote 1 a (new) to row 29
1a. This parametric value for individual PFAS substances and PFAS total will only apply to those PFAS substances for which the hazard assessment referred to in Art. 8 of this Directive has concluded that they are hazardous to human health.
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – part B – point 2 – table 1
Annex II – part B – point 2 – table 1
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Amendment 852 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point e
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point e
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point g
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point g