Activities of Nikolaj VILLUMSEN related to 2022/0345(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast)
Amendments (112)
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Small agglomerations constitute a significant pressure on 11 % of the surface water bodies in the Union39. To better tackle the pollution from such agglomerations, and to prevent discharges of untreated urban wastewater into the environment, the scope of this Directive should include all agglomerations of 1 0500population equivalent (p.e.) and above. _________________ 39 EEA report, European waters: Assessment of status and pressures 2018, No 7/2018.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure effective treatment of urban wastewater before discharge into the environment, all urban wastewaters from agglomerations of 1 0500 p.e. and above should be collected in centralised collecting systems. Where such systems are already in place, Member States should ensure that all sources of urban wastewater are connected to them.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that the integrated urban wastewater management plans are cost-effective, it is important that they are based on best practices in advanced urban areas. Therefore, the measures to be considered should be based on a thorough analysis of the local conditions and should favour a preventive approach aiming at limiting the collection of unpolluted rain waters and optimising the use of existing infrastructures. With a preference for ‘green’ developments, new grey infrastructures should only be envisaged where absolutely necessary. In order to protect the environment, in particular the coastal and marine environment, and public health from being adversely affected by the discharge of insufficiently treated urban wastewater, secondary treatment should be applied to all discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations of 1 0500 p.e. and above.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure the protection of the environment, human and huanimanl health, Member States should ensure that the urban wastewater treatment plants built to comply with the requirements of this Directive are designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to ensure sufficient performance under all normal local climatic conditions.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure a proper implementation of this Directive and notably the respect of the emission limit values, it is important to monitor discharges of treated urban wastewater into the environment. The monitoring should be done through the establishment at national level of a mandatory prior authorisation system in order to discharge the treated urban wastewater into the environment. In addition, in order to prevent unintentional dischargeboth accidental acute leaks as well as chronic diffuse leaks of plastic biomedia the into the environment from urban wastewater treatment plants using this technique, it is essential to include in the discharge authorisations specific obligations to continuously monitor and prevent such dischargesuse appropriate retention solutions such as grids and mesh to prevent discharges and to continuously monitor any discharges of plastic biomedia. In order to anticipate the expected growth in the use of biomedia as well as technological advances in the sector, the definition of plastic biomedia should encompass all existing technologies, while at the same time be future-proof and flexible enough to account for future advancements in this area.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the protection of the environment, direct discharges of biodegradable non-domestic wastewater into the environment from certain industrial sectors should be subject to prior authorisation on national level and appropriate requirements. Those requirements should ensure that direct discharges from certain industrial sectors are subject to secondary, tertiary and quaternary treatment as necessary for the protection of human and animal health and the environment.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect the environment, human and huanimanl health, Member States should identify the risks caused by urban wastewaters management. On the basis of that identification, and where necessary to comply with the requirements of the Union water legislation, Member States should take more stringent measures for the urban wastewater collection and treatment than the measures required to comply with the minimum requirements set out in this Directive. Depending on the situation, those more stringent measures can include, inter alia, the establishment of collecting systems, the development of integrated urban wastewater management plans or the application of secondary, tertiary or quaternary treatment to urban wastewater for agglomerations or urban wastewater treatment plants that do not reach the p.e. thresholds triggering the application of the standard requirements. They can also include more advanced treatment than the treatment necessary to respect the minimum requirements or disinfection of treated urban wastewaters necessary to comply with Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council55. _________________ 55 Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37).
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target requiring Member States to ‘achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations’ by 2030.56Furthermore, Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights57states that everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water and sanitation. Against that background, and in accordance with the recommendations in the WHO Guidelines for Sanitation and Health58and the provisions of the Protocol on Water and Health59Member States should tackle the issue of access to sanitation at national level. That should be done through actions aimed at improvguaranteeingaccess to sanitation for all, for example by setting up sanitation facilities in public spaces, as well as by encouraging the availability of appropriate sanitation facilities in public administrations and public buildings free of charge and\or making them affordable to all. Sanitation facilities should allow the safe management and disposal of human urine, faeces and menstrual blood. They should be safely managed, which implies that they should be accessible to all at all times, including for people with particular needs, such as children, older persons, persons with disabilities and homeless people, that they should be placed in a location that ensures minimal risk to the safety of users, and that they should be hygienically and technically safe to use. Such facilities should also be sufficient in number to ensure that the needs of people are met and waiting times are not unreasonably long. _________________ 56 Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 (A/70/L.1) 57 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0250 final). 58 WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health, 2018. 59 Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, 17 June 1999.
Amendment 202 #
(30) In order to reduce administrative burden and better use the possibilities offered by digitalisation, the reporting on the implementation of the Directive should be improved and simplified by removing the obligation for Member States to report every two years to the Commission and for the Commission to publish bi-yearly reports. It should be replaced by a requirement for Member States to improve, with the support of the European Environment Agency (EEA), the existing national standardised data sets established under Directive 91/271/EEC, and to regularly update them. Permanent access to the national databases should be provided to the Commission and the EEA and should be made available to the public via a centralised Union-wide database on urban wastewater treatment. This database shall allow for comparison between Member States of the performance of treatment plants to prevent pollution, allow benchmarking of measures taken and support compliance with this Directive, including the application of the extendend producer responsibility with special focus on the sources of pollution. In order to ensure complete information on the application of this Directive, the data sets should include information on compliance of urban wastewater treatment plants with the treatment requirements (pass/fail, loads and concentration of pollutants discharged), on the level of achievement of the objectives of energy neutrality, on GHG emissions of the treatment plants above 10 000 p.e. and on measures taken by the Member States in the context of storm water overflows/ urban runoff, access to sanitation and treatment by individual systems. Moreover, full coherence with Regulation (EC) 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council65should be ensured to optimise the use of the data, as well as to support full transparency. _________________ 65 Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance) OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1–17
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive lays down rules on the collection, treatment, and discharge of urban wastewater , to protect the environment and human healthhuman and health, in accordance with the One Health approach, while progressively eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and improving the energy balance of urban wastewater collection and treatment activities. It also lays down rules on access to sanitation, on transparency of the urban wastewater sector and on the regular surveillance of public health relevant parameters in urban wastewaters .
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘urban runoff’ means rainwater, snow or meltwater from agglomerations collected by combined or separate sewers or by mechanical means;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated or partially treated urban wastewater in receiving waters from combined sewers or from urban wastewater treatment plants caused by rainfall;
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means a substance, including its breakdown products, that is usually present in the environment and urban wastewaters in concentrations usually below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human or animal health or the environment based on any of the criteria set out in Part 3 and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ 69 Regulation EC 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p 1).
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22
(22) ‘public concerned’ means the public affected or likely to be affected by, or having an interest in, the decision- making procedures for the implementation of the obligations laid down in this Directive, including non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human or animal health or the environment;
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘plastic biomedia’ means any plastic support used for the development of the bacteria, including but not limited to biocarriers, biobeads and polystyrene beads needed for the treatment of urban wastewaters;
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that all agglomerations with a p.e. of 21 000 and above comply with the following requirements:
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) newly build urban areas are connected to separate sewers;
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 31 December 2030, Member States shall ensure that all agglomerations with a p.e. of between 1 0500 and 21 000 comply with the following requirements:
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered toWithin 24 months after [the date of entry into force of the Directive] the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by establishing minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems and by specifying the requirements for the regular inspections referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph.
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) demonstrate compliance with the environmental objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC.
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 203027, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations of 1050 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 2025, Member States shall establish a list of agglomerations of between 105 000 p.e. and 1050 000 p.e. where, considering historic data and state- of-the- art climate projections, one or more of the following conditions apply:
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) storm water overflow or urban runoff poses a risk to the environment or human or animal health;
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
(iva) the requirements set out in Article 1 of Directive 2008/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council70a; _________________ 70a Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 20350, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall be made available to the Commission on requestand the public.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For agglomerations of 21 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to secondary treatment in accordance with paragraph 3 or an equivalent treatment before discharge.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For agglomerations of between 21 000 p.e. and 10 000 p.e. which are discharging into coastal areas, the obligation set out in the first paragraph shall not apply until 31 December 2027.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. For agglomerations of between 1 0500 p.e. and 21 000 p.e., Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to secondary treatment in accordance with paragraph 3 or an equivalent treatment before discharge by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The load expressed in p.e. shall be calculated on the basis of the maximum average weekly load entering the urban wastewater treatment plant during the year, excluding unusual situations due to heavy rain.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2030, Member States shall ensure that discharges from 570 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2025, Member States shall establish a list of areas on their territory that are sensitive to eutrophication and update that list every fivthree years starting on 31 December 203028.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2035, Member States shall ensure that for 570 % of the agglomerations of between 105 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 2040, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 105 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Discharges from urban waste water wastewater treatment plants of 105 000 p.e. and above into a catchment area of an area sensitive to eutrophication included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 shall also be subject to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5.
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2030, Member States shall ensure that 570 % 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.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 203027, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants may represents a risk for human or animal health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every fivthree years thereafter and update it if necessary.
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The list referred to in the first subparagraph shall include the following areas, unless the absence of risk for human health or the environment in those areas can be demonstrated based on a risk assessment:
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) coastal waters as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2000/60/EC;
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) areas where additional treatment is necessary to meet the requirements set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2008/105/EC and 2008/1056/EC.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) special areas of conservation as designated under Directive 92/43/EEC and special protection areas under Directive 79/409/EEC.
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The risk assessment referred to in the second subparagraph shall be communicated to the Commission on requestand made available to the public.
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2035, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e., urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that producers who place any of the products listed in Annex III on the market have extended producer responsibility. Member States may include additional producers to the extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The extended producer responsibility applies regardless of whether the products placed on the market or individual components thereof were manufactured in a Member State or third country, or whether the producers have a registered office in the European Union or the product is placed on the market via a digital platform.
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the full costs for complying with the requirements set out in Article 8, including the costs for the investments needed for and the cost for implementation and operation of the quaternary treatment of urban wastewater to remove micro-pollutants resulting from the products and their residues they place on the market, for the monitoring of micro- pollutants referred to in Article 21(1), point (a); and
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 745 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement Annex III in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27, in order to adapt the list to emerging or otherwise significant sources of micro-pollutants.
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that producers referred to in paragraph 1 exercise their extended producer responsibility collectively by adhering to a producer responsibility organisation under the control of the competent public authority.
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) the producers referred to in paragraph 1 cover the extended producer responsibility fees from their profit margins instead of passing the costs on to the consumers, particularly in the case of medicinal products, which shall be affordable;
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new)
(iia) information about the way they have covered the extended producer responsibility fees in their value chain;
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) the treatment plant operators can decide on their investment needs both independent of and uninfluenced by producer organisations;
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure that the requirements for the extended producer responsibility and extended producer responsibility organisations set under the Articles 9 and 10 are met before the implementation of the requirements for quaternary treatment set under Articles 8 (1), (4) and (5) starts.
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) has sufficient independent public oversight in all its procedures, meetings and communication;
Amendment 818 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish an adequate monitoring and enforcement framework to ensure that producer responsibility organisations fulfill their obligations in a transparent manner, that the financial means of producer responsibility organisations are properly used and that all actors having extended producer responsibility report reliable data to the competent authorities and, when requested, to the producer responsibility organisations.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the territory of a Member State, there are multiple producer responsibility organisations, the Member State concerned shall appoint at least one body independent of private interests orMember States shall entrust a public authority to oversee the implementation.
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, produced at national level by urban wastewater treatment plants or harvested from the associated collection system treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the urban waste water treatment plants and the collection systems built to comply with the requirements set out in Articles 6, 7, and 8 are designed, constructed, operated and maintained to ensure sufficient performance under all normal local climatic conditions. When designing the plants, seasonal variations of the load shall be taken into account.
Amendment 941 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) does not grant the specific authorization when the non-domestic discharge is a risk for water bodies used for abstraction of water intended for human consumption, as defined in Article 2, point (1) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184;
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) applies the polluter pays principle where appropriate by collecting fees from the non-domestic discharger to cover the costs of the wastewater treatment;
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall take the appropriate measures, including a review and, where necessary, revocation of the specific authorisation , to identify, prevent and reduce as far as possible the sources of pollution in non-domestic wastewater referred to in paragraph 1 where any of the following situations arise:
Amendment 949 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The specific authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reviewed and , where necessary, adapted at least every 64 years .
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall systematically promote the reuse of treated wastewater from all urban wastewater treatment plants while ensuring that the reuse of wastewater does result in an insufficient ecological flow in the receiving waters to meet the objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC. Where treated wastewater is reused for agricultural irrigation, it shall comply with the requirements established under Regulation (EU) 2020/741 .
Amendment 965 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants are subject to specific authorisation that includes discharges of untreated wastewater from collection systems. Such authorisation shall ensure that the the requirements set out in Part A and B of Annex I are fulfilled.
Amendment 971 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the organisation of an appropriate and timely communication of the monitoring results to the competent authorities responsible for public health and to Union platforms, where such platforms are available, and to the drinking water companies.
Amendment 1004 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For agglomerations of 1050 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall, by 1 January 2025, ensure that antimicrobial resistance is monitored at least twice a year at the inlets and outlets of urban wastewater treatment plants and, when relevant, in the collecting systems.
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP please insert the date = the last day of the second year after the date of entry in force of this Directive], Member States shall identify the risks caused by urban wastewater discharges to the environment and human and animal health and at least those related to the following:
Amendment 1014 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the good ecological status of a water body as defined in Article 2, point (22), the good chemical status of a surface water body as defined in Article 2, (point 24) and the good chemical status of a groundwater body as defined in Article 2, point (25) of Directive 2000/60/EC;
Amendment 1023 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) identification of the source of the risk and measures to abate the issue at source, including reviewing, and where necessary, revoke permits for industry discharging to collection system;
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) applying secondary treatment in accordance with Article 6 to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 1 0500;
Amendment 1051 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all necessary measures to improvguarantee access to sanitation for all, in particular for vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 1057 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
For that purpose, Member States shall by 31 December 20275:
Amendment 1065 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) assess the possibilities for improvmeasures needed for guaranteeing access to sanitation facilities for the categories of people referred to in point (a) and the timeline established for the realisation of those measures;
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 105 000 p.e. and above, encourage the establishment of a sufficient number of sanitation facilities in public spaces, which are freely and, in particular for women, safely accessible.
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) for public transport stations, and for commercial buildings that are larger than 200 m2, establish the obligation to provide sanitation facilities, which are freely and, in particular for women, safely accessible.
Amendment 1082 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – title
Article 20 – title
Amendment 1095 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered toshall, by 31 December 2026 at the latest, 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 sludgewastewater and sludge, and shall be empowered to update these when necessary, in order to take into account available technologies for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery in sludge. wastewater and sludge. The Commission shall include measures to facilitate market access of the recovered resources in the delegated acts, which shall tackle the issue of discrimination of recovered materials from application routes due to their origin.
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. For all agglomerations of 105 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities monitor the concentration and loads of pollutants from storm water overflows and urban runoff discharged into water bodies .
Amendment 1122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For all agglomerations of above 105 000 p.e., Member States shall monitor, at the inlets and outlets of urban wastewater treatment plants, the concentration and loads in the urban wastewater of the following elements:
Amendment 1162 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) by 31 December 2030, set up a data set containing the list of areas identified as areas where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutant represents a risk for human hor animal Health or the environment in accordance with Article 8(2) and update that data set every 5 years thereafter;
Amendment 1165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) by December 2025, set up a data set containing information on the type of technologies used for secondary, tertiary and quaternary treatment, including the volume in the case of plastic biomedia, and update that data set every 5 years thereafter;
Amendment 1167 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
With regard to the information referred to in paragraph 1, the EEA shall provide the public with access to relevantthe data through a Union-wide database, including the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register established under Regulation (EC) No 2006/166. This database shall allow for comparison between Member States of the performance of treatment plants to prevent pollution, allow benchmarking of measures taken and support compliance with this Directive, including the application of the extended producer responsibility with special focus on the sources of pollution.
Amendment 1170 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By [OP please insert date = the last day of the twenty-thirdeleventh month after the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall establish a national implementation programme for this Directive.
Amendment 1176 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
ca) systematic surveys of the personnel requirements in the water sector including the necessary qualifications, workforce development and occupational Health and Safety management. These should be carried out together with the social partners in the sector;
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions or acts or omissions subject to Articles 6, 7, 8, 9 or 819 of this Directive when at least one of the following conditions is met:
Amendment 1225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and the protection of human or animal health, and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest.
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, where damage to human or animal health has occurred as a result of a violation of national measures that were adopted pursuant to this Directive, the individuals affected have the right to claim and obtain compensation for that damage from the relevant natural or legal persons and, where appropriate, from the relevant competent authorities responsible for the violation.
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that, as part of the public concerned, non- governmental organisations promoting the protection of human or animal health or the environment and meeting any requirements under national law are allowed to represent the individuals affected and bring collective actions for compensation. Member States shall ensure that a claim for a violation leading to a damage cannot be pursued twice, by the individuals affected and by the non- governmental organisations referred to in this paragraph.
Amendment 1254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the limitation periods for bringing actions for compensation referred to in paragraph 1 are not shorter than 15 years. Such periods shall not begin to run before the violation has ceased and the person claiming the compensation knows that he or she suffered damage from a violation pursuant to paragraph 1.
Amendment 1255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on their right to claim and obtain compensation for damage.
Amendment 1262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They shall include, as appropriate, financial penalties proportionate to the turnover of the legal person or to the salary of the natural person having committed the breach, taking into account specificities of Small and Medium Enterprises. and sufficient to fulfil their punitive and deterrent function. They shall also include bans on the pursuit of activities which have resulted in committing the offence as well as reimbursement of costs incurred by third parties who have investigated, reported or sued the offender.
Amendment 1264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the population or the environment affected by the violation, bearing in mind the impact of the infringement on the objective of achieving a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment.
Amendment 1270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 30 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. By 31 December 2027, the Commission shall publish an analysis 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 1271 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 2030, by 31 December 2035 and by 31 December 2040, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive based in particular on the following elements:
Amendment 1282 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – point 5
Annex I – Part B – point 5
5. Authorisations for discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants using plastic biomedia shall include an obligation to permanently monitor and prevent all unintentionalobligations to permanently monitor and prevent all accidental acute leakages and chronic diffuse leaks by requiring those cumulative criteria to be met: (a) The declaration of the technologies used for biological wastewater treatment, including the type and volume of plastic biomedia; and (b) The provision of a hazard identification and risk assessment outlining operational safety and reliability of wastewater treatment plants operations. When used, plastic biomedias should be considered as a potential risk for the environment and preventive measures should be taken; and (c) A detailed description of the specific WWTP retention equipment installed to prevent plastic biomedia release in the receiving environment and integrate its control as part of regular monitoring operations; and (d) Frequent control by competent authorities to ensure the presence and proper functioning of the equipment set to prevent plastic biomedia accidental acute leakages and chronic diffuse leaks; and (e) Mandatory report to competent authorities of any unintentional discharge and/or accidental spill and implementation of immediate security controls to evaluate the efficiency of the system in such case. biomedia release in the environment.
Amendment 1311 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) estuaries, bays and other coastal waters which are found to have a poor water exchange, or which receive large quantities of nutrients. Discharges from small agglomerations are usually of minor importance in those areas, but for large agglomerations, the removal of phosphorus and/or nitrogen should be included unless it can be demonstrated that the removal will have no effect on the level of eutrophication;
Amendment 1331 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point 2 a (new)
Annex III – point 2 a (new)
2a. Detergents falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents.
Amendment 1348 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1
an bindicativeng objective that storm water overflow, represents no more than 1 % of the annual collected urban wastewater load calculated in dry weather conditions;
Amendment 1354 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) 31 December 20350 for all agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above;
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point ii
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) 31 December 2040 for agglomerations of 105 000 p.e. and above identified in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 5;
Amendment 1361 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – introductory part
Annex V – point 4 – introductory part
4. When assessing which measures to be taken under point 3, Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities considerapply at least the following, following the hierarchy as set out:
Amendment 1363 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point a
Annex V – point 4 – point a
(a) firstly, preventive measures aiming at avoiding the entry of unpolluted rain waters into collecting systems, including measures promoting natural water retention or rainwater harvesting, and measures increasing green spaces oran measures limiting impermeable surfaces in the agglomerations and improving existing ones;
Amendment 1366 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point c
Annex V – point 4 – point c
(c) finally, where necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2, additional mitigation measures including the adaptation of the infrastructure for the collection, storage and treatment of urban wastewater or the creation of new infrastructures with a priority to green infrastructure such as vegetated ditches, treatment wetlands and storage ponds designed in order to support biodiversity Where relevant, water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 1374 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 4 – point a
Annex VI – point 4 – point a
(a) annual average concentrations and the load of pollutants covered by Article 21 released by each urban wastewater treatment plant and their origins, especially the ones covered by the Extended Producer Responsibility schemes;
Amendment 1391 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section D – Point 3 – Table - Row 1
Annex I – Section D – Point 3 – Table - Row 1
— 1000 to 94 999 One sample per month p.e.:
Amendment 1392 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section D – Point 3 – Table - Row 2
Annex I – Section D – Point 3 – Table - Row 2
— 105 000 to 49 999 p. Two samples per month p. e.: For micro-pollutants, one sample per month