Activities of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2022/0345(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Water is a public good which belongs to everyone and is for everyone and which, as a natural resource that is essential, irreplaceable and indispensable to life, must be considered and integrated in its three dimensions: social, economic and environmental.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The European Parliament resolutions of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension and of 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Right2Water’ state that water should be treated as a common good and that it should therefore be managed by public bodies to ensure that the preservation of ecosystems and universal access to clean water take precedence over economic considerations.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) Transferring responsibility to private companies leads to an increase in direct supply costs, the imposition of higher tariffs and limitations on local supply solutions tailored to the community, and thus undermines the right to water and to sanitation.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Stresses that the objectives of achieving ‘good status for water bodies’ and ensuring the availability of water apply in many sectors and that these objectives are often not pursued with sufficient coherence in other EU policies. Stresses that sound water management must be mainstreamed into all policies on sectors that consume water, such as agriculture and energy. Underscores that common policies, sector-specific EU legislation and investments that have received financing should be assessed on a case-by-case basis to ascertain their potential impact on water resources and then amended accordingly.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortionsensure that the polluting entity is held accountable, minimum requirements for the implementation of the extended producer responsibility should be established in this Directive, while the practical organisation of the system should be decided at national level. The contributions of the producers should be proportionate to the quantities of the products they place on the market and the hazardouness of their residues. The contributions should cover, but not exceed, the costs for the monitoring activities for micro-pollutants, the collection, reporting and impartial verification of statistics on the quantities and hazardouness of products placed on the market, and the application of the quaternary treatment to urban wastewater in an efficient manner and in accordance with this Directive. Since urban wastewater is treated collectively, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for producersproducers shall be advised to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The urban wastewater collection and treatment sector is specific, operating as a captive market, with public and small enterprises being connected to the collecting system without having the possibility to choose their operators. It is therefore important to secure access to water and sanitation and that direct supply costs do not undermine the rights and interests of the population by imposing unjust tariffs and restrictions on local supply solutions. It is also important to ensure public access to operators’ key performance indicators, such as the level of treatment achieved, the costs of treatment, the energy used and produced, and the related GHG emissions and carbon footprint. In order to make the public more aware of the implications of urban wastewater treatment, key information on the annual wastewater collection and treatment costs for each household should be provided in an easily accessible manner, for instance on the invoices, while other detailed information should be accessible online, on a website of the operator or the competent authority.
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When a public health emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 is declared by the competent authority responsible for public health in the Member State, the presence of SARS- CoV-2the emerging infectious agent and its variants shall be monitored in urban wastewaters from at least 70 % of the national population and at least one sample shall be taken per week for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more. This monitoring shall continue until this competent authority declares that the public health emergency due to SARS- CoV-2the infectious agent in question has ended.
Amendment 1006 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 17.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28 to ensure an uniform application of this Directive by establishing a harmonised methodology for measuring antimicrobial resistance in urban wastewaters, and those implementing acts shall take account of the picture in every Member State and the data from every national public health authority or national authority responsible for monitoring antimicrobial resistance.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19.º – paragraph 1
Article 19.º – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all necessary measures to secure and improve access to sanitation for all, in particular for vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 1058 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) identify categories of people without access, or with limited access, to sanitation facilities, including vulnerable and marginalised groups, and provide reasons for such lack of access;
Amendment 1073 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, encourage the establishment of a sufficient number of good quality, safely accessible sanitation facilities in public spaces, which are freely and, in particular for women, safely accessible.
Amendment 1094 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20.º – paragraph 2
Article 20.º – paragraph 2
Amendment 1136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28 to ensure a uniform application of this Directive by establishing a methodology for measuring micro-plastics in urban wastewater and sludge, and those implementing acts shall take account of the picture in individual Member States and of the data from every national public health authority or national authority responsible for monitoring antimicrobial resistance.
Amendment 1178 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) the identification, or at least an indication, of potential sources of public financing, when needed to complement user chargenform to plans.
Amendment 1228 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The review procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide for adequate and effective redress mechanisms, including injunctive relief as appropriate.
Amendment 1269 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29.º – paragraph 3
Article 29.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 1296 #
3. The minimum annual number of samples shall be determined according to the size of the treatment plant and beto whether it offers value for money in the light of the circumstances in individual Member States, collected at regular intervals during the year: