16 Amendments of Britta REIMERS related to 2011/2297(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Directive No 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EC) No …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe is abstracting only around 13% of its total available freshwater, but water resources are very unevenly distributed across European regions;
Amendment 28 #
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 in the water sector and that consideration should be given to the importance of voluntary cooperation between the various operators and other affected parties for sustainable water management;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to take determined action to bring Member States’ infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for further assistance, for example through comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments, to be developed and made available to foster capacity-building, ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the nexus between energy production, energy efficiency and water security; points out that additional efforts need to be made at European level to ensure that the growing demand for energy does not jeopardise water security; stresses that water use should be taken into account when assessing the sustainability of traditional as well as low-carbonexisting and future energy sources, including in particular biofuelsbioenergy;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises that the rate of groundwater recharge under agricultural and forestry land is very high and that farmers and foresters already have particular responsibility in maintaining the purity of high quality groundwater; the efforts by farmers to date to improve groundwater quality must be recognised;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Also notes that, with regard to the future challenges to food security and climatic changes, sufficient water resources must be available for agriculture;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that an environmentally- and economically-sound water sanitation and wastewater management policy should tackle pollution at the source before passing all pollutants to a costly end-of- pipe treatment; encourages the use of wastewater and by-products of end-of-pipe treatment as a new resource on the basis of stringent quality requirements;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for EU water legislation to be updated — as appropriate — to properly take into account technological advances for the reuse and recycling of water, to allow a cost- and energy-efficient reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, as well as the reuse of greywater in households; calls for measures for proper monitoring of the chemical and biological quality of reclaimed water;
Amendment 68 #
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 — where appropriate; calls for better alignment of the objectives of the WFD with Natura 2000;
Amendment 83 #
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;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and other relevant stakeholders to support the European Innovation Partnership on Water as an effective instrument to concentrate efforts on world- leading research and innovation and remove the barriers that prevent the quick transfer to the market and establishment of knowledge, best available techniques and technological breakthroughs to the market;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for better consistency and better integration of water-related objectives into the legislation at the EU, national and regional levels; calls for a fulln evaluation of the effects on water resources to be taken into account in the design of various joint EU policies (such as the common agricultural policy andor cohesion policy frameworks), in order to achieve a thematic concentration of available financing on water issues and to mainstream the issue of water into all policy areas;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the application of the ‘polluter pays’ and ‘user pays’ principlesprinciple, as set down in the Water Framework Directive, by means of transparent pricing schemes that aim at full cost recovery; underlines, however, that social issues should be taken into account when setting water tariffs for personal use and for commercial purposes; stresses that water pricing should reflect the environmental impact of wastewater treatment and calls on the Commission to ensure appropriate financing of wastewater treatment plants;