Activities of Jan HUITEMA related to 2022/0345(COD)
Opinions (1)
Opinion on the Proposal for a Directive concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast))
Amendments (5)
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To adapt this Directive to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending certain parts of the Annexes with regard to the requirements for the secondary, tertiary and quaternary treatment and the requirements for specific authorisations for discharges of non- domestic wastewater into collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants and in respect of supplementing this Direcrtive by establishing minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge. Iurban wastewater and sludge, in order to incentivise a variety of recovery techniques, including pyrolysis and struvite precipitation as well as nutrient recovery from sludge. Considering that phosphorous and nitrogen are valuable resources for agriculture, the Commission should aim to adopt these delegated acts within one year after end of the transposition of this directive. Within this time period, it is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 569 #
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 1096 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by setting out the minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from urban wastewater and sludge, in order to take into account available technologies for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery in sludge. The Commission shall adopt these delegated acts by [date of the last day of the year after the end of the transposition of this Directive].
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may take measures to encourage the purchasing of recovered nutrients from urban wastewater and sludge.