7 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2014/2239(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in line with the primary objective of the Right2Water ECI, to coming forward with legislative proposals – including a possible revision of the WFD and of the Drinking Water Directive – that would recognise universal access andproposals that would enshrine the human right to potable water, and considers it regrettable that this has not been done to date; believes that if the Commission fails to do so, the ECI will lose credibility as a democratic mechanism in the eyes of citizenssanitation in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to support the promotion of education and awareness raising campaigns for citizens in order to preserve and save water resources and to ensure greater civic participation;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the importance of national regulatory authorities in ensuring fair and open competition between service providers, in facilitating faster implementation of innovative solutions and technical progress, in promoting efficiency and quality of water services, and in ensuring the protection of consumers’ interests; calls on the Commission to support initiatives for regulatory cooperation in the EU in order to accelerate benchmarking, mutual learning and exchange of best regulatory practices;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the success of public-public and public-private partnerships in exchanging best practice in water provision, calls on the Commission, therefore, to promote this form of non- profit cooperation among water operators, and welcomes the Commission’s recognition for the first time, in the communication, of the importance of public-public partnerships;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the successful efforts of some municipalities, such as that of Paris, to enhance public participation in improving water service provision and the protection of water resources, and recalls that local institutions are best placed to decide water resourceplay an important role in the decision- making process regarding water management;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages water companies to reinvest all economic revenues generated from the water management cycle into maintaining and improving water services and protecting water resources; recalls the principle of cost recovery of water services, including environmental and resource costs in accordance with the polluter pays and the user pays principles;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that EU development policies should fully integrate universal access to water and sanitation viaand make use of a range of instruments, from the promotion of public-public partnerships based on not- for-profit principles and solidarity between water operators and workers in different countries, to the promotion of best practices, knowledge transfer, as well as development and cooperation programmes;