Activities of Nils TORVALDS related to 2022/0345(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Urban wastewater treatment (A9-0276/2023 - Nils Torvalds) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast)
Amendments (11)
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 458 #
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).7. Member States shall ensure that integrated urban wastewater management plans are reviewed every 5 years after their establishment and updated where necessary.
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall ensure that integrated urban wastewater management plans are reviewed every 5 years after their establishment and updated where necessary.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to amend Parts B and D of Annex I in order to adapt the requirements and methods referred to in the secondfirst subparagraph to technological and scientific progress.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to amend Parts B and D of Annex I in order to adapt the requirements and methods referred to in the secondfirst subparagraph to technological and scientific progress.
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.
Amendment 1277 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) an analyseis of the possible need to adapt the list of products to be covered by extended producer responsibility to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, improved knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data resulting from the new monitoring obligations on micro-pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants.
Amendment 1300 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 4
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 4
Amendment 1360 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 3
Annex V – point 3
3. the measures to be taken to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2 accompanied with a clear identification of the actors involved and their responsibilities in the implaementation of the integrated plan.
Amendment 1406 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I - Table 3
Annex I - Table 3
Indicators Minimum percentage of removal 1 Substances that can pollute water even at 80 % (see Note 2) low concentrations (see Note 1) 80 % (see Note 2)