140 Amendments of Pietro FIOCCHI related to 2022/0345(COD)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Small agglomerations, i.e. those under 2 000 p.e., 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 allagglomerations of 1 000 population equivalent (p.e.) and above. _________________ 39 EEA report, European waters: Assessment of status and pressures 2018, No 7/2018.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Tertiary treatment should also be mandatory in agglomerationfor urban wastewater treatment plants of 10 000 p.e. and above that are discharging in areas subject to, or at risk of, eutrophication. In order to ensure that efforts to limit eutrophication are coordinated at the level of the relevant basins for the whole catchment zone, areas where eutrophication is considered an issue according to currently available data should be listed in this Directive. Additionally, to ensure coherence between relevant Union legislation, Member States should identify other areas subject to, or at risk of, eutrophication on their territory, notably on the basis of data collected under Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council401, Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council412and Council Directive 91/676/EEC423. The reinforcement of the limit values, a more coherent and inclusive identification of the areas sensitive to eutrophication and the obligation to ensure tertiary treatment for all large facilities (i.e., urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above)will, in combination, contribute to limit eutrophication. Since this will require additional investments on the national level, Member States should be given sufficient time to establish the required infrastructure. _________________ 40 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). 41 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) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19). 42 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The development of the potential of the urban wastewater sector towards circular economy of nutrients, and the promotion of the implementation of water reuse, in line with the new Circular Economy Action Plan, would require that reclaimed water which is to be used for agricultural irrigation purposes in compliance with the European Water Reuse Regulation, could apply less restrictive requirements for nutrient removal established in this Directive.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Recent scientific knowledge underpinning several Commission strategies43 highlight the need to take action to address the issue of micro-pollutants, which are now detected in all waters in the Union. Some of those micropollutants are hazardous for public health and the environment even in small quantities. An additional treatment, i.e. quaternary treatment, should therefore be introduced in order to ensure that a large spectrum ofmicro-pollutants ismicro-pollutants, present in water in quantities that pose risk to human health or environment, are removed from urban wastewater. Quaternary treatment should first focus on organicmicro-pollutants, which represent a significant part of the pollution and for which removal technologies are already designed. The treatment should be imposed based on the precautionary approach combined with a risk-based approach. Therefore, all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above should provide quaternary treatment, as those facilities represent a significant share of micro-pollutant discharges in the environment and the removal of micro-pollutants by urban wastewater treatment plants at such scale is cost-effective.For agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to apply quaternary treatment to areas identified as sensitive to pollution with micro-pollutants based on clear criteria, which should be specified.Such areas should include locations where treated urban wastewater discharge to water bodies result in low dilution ratios, or where the receiving water bodies are used for the production of drinking water or as bathing waters.In order to avoid the requirement of quaternary treatment for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to demonstrate the absence of risks to the environment or to public health on the basis of a standardised risk assessment.[…] In order to give Member States enough time to plan and deliver the necessary infrastructures, the requirement of quaternary treatment should progressively apply until 20405 with clear interim objectives. _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM/2018/028 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (COM(2019) 128 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020) 667 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Recent scientific knowledge underpinning several Commission strategies434 highlight the need to take action to address the issue of micro- pollutants, which are now detected in all waters in the Union. Some of those micro- pollutants are hazardous for public health and the environment even in small quantities. An additional treatment, i.e. quaternary treatment, should therefore be introduced in order to ensure that a large spectrum of micro-pollutants is removed from urban wastewater. Quaternary treatment should first focus on organic micro-pollutants, which represent a significant part of the pollution and for which removal technologies are already designed. The treatment should be imposed based on the precautionary approach combined with a risk-based approach. Therefore, all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above should provide quaternary treatment, as those facilities represent a significant share of micro-pollutant discharges in the environment and the removal of micro- pollutants by urban wastewater treatment plants at such scale is cost-effective. For agglomerationsurban wastewater treatment plants of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to apply quaternary treatment to areas identified as sensitive to pollution with micro-pollutants based on clear criteria, which should be specified. Such areas should include locations where treated urban wastewater discharge to water bodies result in low dilution ratios, or where the receiving water bodies are used for the production of drinking water or as bathing waters. In order to avoid the requirement of quaternary treatment for agglomerationsurban wastewater treatment plants of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to demonstrate the absence of risks to the environment or to public health on the basis of a standardised risk assessment. In order to give Member States enough time to plan and deliver the necessary infrastructures, the requirement of quaternary treatment should progressively apply until 20405 with clear interim objectives. _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM/2018/028 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (COM(2019) 128 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020) 667 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in urban wastewaters (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Extended producer responsibility schemes should be implemented well before the deadline for compliance with quaternary treatment. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those two product groups. The list of product groups should be adapted, if and as necessary, in the future in line with scientific and technological development, the evolution of the range of products placed on the market and new data from monitoring.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in urban wastewaters (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sourThe Commission should be empowered to adopt a delegated act to establish the list of products for which the producers who place them on the market shall have extended producer responsibility. The list should be based on comprehensive data and evidence on the presences of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those twoin wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment. Member States may establish alternative sources to cover the costs of quaternary treatment operations in case the extended producer responsibility fees would compromise the accessibility, availability and affordability of essential product groups.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in urban wastewater plant effluents (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply toExtended producer responsibility schemes will help contribute to the removal of thoese two product grouppollutants.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in quantities posing risk to human health or environment in urban wastewaters plant effluents (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those two product groupof these micro-pollutants.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that products have already been placed on the market of another Member State and hence the obligations related to the quaternary treatment, as defined by Article 9, paragraph 1, point (a), (b), (c), will be covered. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the EU market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the micro producers would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewater treatment plants and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate relevant micro-pollutants in wastewaterswhose removal requires the upgrading of wastewater treatment plants with a quaternary treatment stage at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards. Exoneration should also be possible when there is no alternative and equivalent design which does not generate micro-pollutants if the benefits of the product to society outweighs the risk.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, 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 Commission should provide guidance on the extended producer responsibility schemes to allow for a harmonised implementation among Member States. The contributions of the producers should be proportionate to the quantities of the products they place on the market and the hazardousness 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 hazardousness 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 producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, 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 hazardousness of their residues. Th, and the annual sales value of the products that are placed on the market. The collective 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. The financial responsibility of producers of products should not exceed the costs that are necessary to provide quaternary wastewater treatment in a cost-efficient way. Since urban wastewater is treated collectively, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, 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 relevant micro-pollutants contained in 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 micro- pollutants in the products placed on the market, and the applicinstallation 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 producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, 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 relevant micro-pollutants contained in 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 ofby micro- pollutants in the 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 producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The evaluation has also shown that the wastewater treatment sector offers the opportunity to significantly reduce its own energy consumption and to produce renewable energy, for example by better use of the available surfaces in urban wastewater treatment plants for solar energy production or by producing biogas from sludge, as well as by heat or kinetic energy or other renewable energy sources which may become available as a result of future research. The evaluation also illustrated that, without clear legal obligations, only partial progress can be expected in this sector. In this context, Member States should be required to ensure that the total annual energy used by all urban wastewater treatment plants on their national territory treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above does not exceed the production ofis energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council445, by thoseurban wastewater treatment plantsproduced both on-site and off-site theurban wastewater treatment plants.In addition, the renewable energy produced by urban wastewater plants could be used either on-site or off-site those plants to count for the energy neutrality balance. That objective should be progressively met with interim targets by 31 December 20450. Reaching this energy neutrality target will contribute to reduce the avoidable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the sector by 46 %, while supporting the achievement of the 2050 climate neutrality objectives and related national and Union objectives, [such as the objectives set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council456. Encouraging EU-based biogas or solar energy production while enhancing energy efficiency measures in line with the Energy Efficiency First principle467, which means taking utmost account of cost-efficient energy efficiency measures in shaping energy policy and making relevant investment decisions, will also help reduce the Union energy dependence, one of the objectives expressed in the Commission "Repower EU" Plan478. It is also in line with Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council489and with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 in which urban wastewater treatment sites are qualified as ‘go-to' areas for renewables, meaning a location designated as particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. In order to reach the objective of energy neutrality via optimal measures for each urban wastewater treatment plant and for the collection system, Member States should ensure that energy audits are carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council4950every four years. Those audits should include an identification of the potential for cost- effective use or production of renewable energy following the criteria set out in Annex VI to Directive 2012/27/EU. _________________ 44 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 45 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26). 46 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1749 of 28 September 2021 on Energy Efficiency First: from principles to practice — Guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: REPowerEU Plan (COM/2022/230 final). 48 Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 210). 49 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect the environment and human health, Member States should identify the risks caused by urban wastewaters management. In this regard, as a prior approach, control at source should be promoted to prevent pollution in urban wastewater in line with Article 191(2) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. 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, as well as the use of equivalent treatment ensuring the same level of environmental protection. 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)6.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Additional monitoring is necessary to verify compliance with the new requirements concerning micro-pollutants, non-domestic pollution, energy neutrality, all GHG emissions, including nitrous oxide, methane and storm water overflows and urban runoff. Such monitoring supports National Inventory Reporting, provides the necessary infrastructure to implement IPCC Guidelines for monitoring and enables the future development of action plans for science- based mitigation aligned with the Paris Agreement. To verify the performance of the quaternary treatment concerning the reduction of micro- pollutants in urban wastewater discharges, it is sufficient to monitor a limited set of representative micro-pollutants. The monitoring frequencies should be aligned to the current best practices, as currently practiced in Switzerland. To remain cost- effective, those obligations should be adapted to the size of the urban wastewater treatment plants and of the agglomerations. The monitoring will also contribute to provide data for the overall Environmental Monitoring Framework as set up under the 8th Environmental Action Programme63, and more specifically feed the Zero Pollution Monitoring Framework underpinning it64and support digital transition in the water sector in line with the EU’s Digital Strategy. _________________ 63 Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22). 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission for the adoption of standards for the design of individual systems, for the adoption of monitoring and assessment methods for the indicators of the quaternary treatment, for the establishment and updating of the list of micro-pollutants, for the establishment of common conditions and criteria for the application of the exoneration for certain products from extended producer responsibility, for establishing methodologies to support the development of integrated urban wastewater management plans and to measure antimicrobial resistance and micro-plastics in urban wastewater, and for the adoption of the format of, and modalities for, presenting the information to be provided by Member States and compiled by the EEA on the implementation of this Directive. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council67. _________________ 67 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Pursuant to the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making68, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive within a certain period of time from the date set for its transposition. That evaluation should be based on experience gained and data collected during the implementation of this Directive, on any available WHO recommendations, and on relevant scientific, analytical, and epidemiological data. In the evaluation, particular attention should be given to the possible necessity to adapt of the list of producmicro-pollutants to be covered by extended producer responsibility according to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, the improvement of knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in the wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data from the new monitoring obligations on micro- pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants. _________________ 68 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14).
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Pursuant to the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making68, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive within a certain period of time from the date set for its transposition. That evaluation should be based on experience gained and data collected during the implementation of this Directive, on any available WHO recommendations, and on relevant scientific, analytical, and epidemiological data. In the evaluation, particular attention should be given to the possible necessity to adapt of the list of producdefinition of micro- pollutants to be covered by extended producer responsibility according to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market,the improvement of knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in the wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data from the new monitoring obligations on micro- pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants. _________________ 68 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14).
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘urban wastewater ’ means domestic wastewater ,and the mixture of domestic wastewater andwith non-domestic wastewater or the mixture of domestic wastewater and urban runoff , or both;
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
(a) the exercise of a trade that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) activities carried out by an institution that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) ‘discharge’ means the point where urban wastewater or urban runoff is released into a receiving water body or the environment, or into a collecting system;
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) '‘agglomeration'’ means an area where the pollupulation load of urban wastewater is sufficiently concentrated (10 p.e. per hectare or above)and/or economic activities are sufficiently concentrated for urban wastewater to be collected and conducted to an urban wastewater treatment plant or to a final discharge point;
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) '‘storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated urban wastewater in receiving waters from combined sewers caused by rainfall;
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘collecting system’ means a system of conduits and accessory elements which collects and conducts urban wastewater to a wastewater treatment plant or a discharge point;
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘urban wastewater treatment plant’ means any collective facility that treats urban wastewater before discharging it into the receiving bodies;
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
(9b) ‘individual system’ means any system that treats domestic and non- domestic wastewater not entering collecting systems, achieving the same level of environmental protection as secondary or tertiary treatment;
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘population equivalent’ or ‘(p.e.)’ means the unit expressingof load equivalent to the average potential water pollution load caused by one person per day, where 1 p.e. is the organic biodegradable load having a five- day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) of 60 g of oxygen per day;
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘secondary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process generally involving biological treatment with a secondary settlement or other process through which requirements established in Table 1 of Annex I are met;
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) 'tertiary treatment' means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes nitrogen andor phosphorus from the urban wastewaters, through which requirements established in Table 2 of Annex I are met;
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘quaternary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes a broad spectrum of micro- pollutants from the urban wastewaters, through which requirements established in Table 3 of Annex I are met;
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘equivalent treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by any process that ensures the same level of environmental protection in receiving water bodies as secondary, tertiary or quaternary treatments, allowing these water bodies to meet relevant quality objectives and other relevant provisions of this and other European Directives;
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘sludge’ means any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastestream mainly made of organic material resulting from the treatment of urban wastewater ;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14a) ‘treated sludge’ means sludge that has undergone treatment to enable it to be recycled or recovered;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means an organic substance, including its breakdown products, that is usuallynot inherently and ultimately, or readily biodegradable and present in the environment and urban wastewaters effluents in concentrations below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human health or the environment based on any of therelevant criteria set out in Parts 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ Substances fulfilling any of the above criteria are not considered as micropollutants if they are readily biodegradable according to Part 4.1.2.9.5 of Annex I to Regulation EC1a. _________________ 1a 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). 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 308 #
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 below milliof micrograms per litre, or below, and which can be considered hazardous to human 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 310 #
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 below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human 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).at a concentration threshold below milligrams per litre;
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘producer’ means any manufacturer, importer or distributor that on a professional basis places products on the market of a Member State, which at the end of their life are ending into the urban wastewater, on the Union market, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2(7) of Directive 2011/83/EU means;
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘producer’ means any manufacturer, importer or distributor that on a professional basis places products on the market of a Member Statethe European Union, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2(7) of Directive 2011/83/EU means;
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'Producer Responsibility Organisation’ means an organisation established collectively byunder the supervision of Member States competent authorities with support of producers for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations under Article 9;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) `energy audit` means energy audit as defined in Article 2(25) of Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
(19b) ‘hazard’ means a biological, chemical, physical or radiological agent in wastewater, or another aspect of the condition of the urban wastewater discharge, with the potential to cause harm to human health or the environment;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
(19c) ‘hazardous event’ means an event that introduces hazards into, or fails to remove them from, urban wastewater;
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 d (new)
(19d) ‘risk’ means a combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event and the severity of the consequences if the hazard and hazardous event occur due to the urban wastewater discharge;
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 e (new)
(19e) `risk assessment’ means risk assessment as defined in Article 2(7) of the Directive (EU) 2022/2557
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) ‘sanitation’ means facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine, faeces, and menstrual blood;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a product on the Union market of a Member State.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
(24a) ‘direct greenhouse gas emission’ means emission that occurs from sources that are owned or controlled by the urban wastewater treatment plant and collecting systems and include process gas emission such as nitrous oxide and methane.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 b (new)
(24b) `indirect greenhouse gas emission´ means emission from the generation of purchased electricity brought into the urban wastewater treatment plant and collection systems and its operation.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to update the definition of micro-pollutants to technical and scientific progress.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20357, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater from all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above areis subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge.
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 202530, Member States shall establish a list of areas on their territory that are sensitive to eutrophication and update that list every five years starting on 31 December 20305.
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2urban wastewater from 50 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. 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 included in the list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systemsfrom all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into the areas included in athe list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Samples taken in accordance with Article 21 and Part D of Annex I of this Directive shall comply with the parametric values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I. The maximum permitted number of samples which fail toannual mean of the samples for each parameter shall be conform to the relevant parametric values of table 2 of Part B of Annex I is set out in table 42 of Part DB of Annex I.
Amendment 534 #
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 second subparagraph to technological and scientific progress.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 3 and 4, Member States may decide that an individual urban wastewater treatment plants situated in an area included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be subject to the requirements set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 where it can be shown that the minimum percentage of reduction of the overall load entering all urban waste water treatment plants in that area is :
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) 82,5 % for total phosphorus and 80 % for total nitrogen by 31 December 203540;
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) 90 % for total phosphorus and 85 % for total nitrogen by 31 December 20405.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Discharges from urban waste water wastewater treatment plants of 10 000 p.e. and above into a relevant 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 566 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urban wastewater used for production of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation according to Regulation (EU) 2020/741, shall not have to comply with the treatment requirements set out in table 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20340, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of dischargesurban wastewater from all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above areis subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that 50 % 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 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 20305, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants represents a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the format of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph, and the method to be used for that risk assessment, including the identification of the primary sources of micro-pollutants loading in the study area and the potential reduction in risk, if these sources implemented cost effective measures to reduce the loading of micro-pollutants. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, 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 2.
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that 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 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 645 #
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 second subparagraph to technological and scientific progress.
Amendment 659 #
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 IIIcontaining any micro-pollutants on the market have extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 660 #
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.
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 672 #
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 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 678 #
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 thethe installation of quaternary treatment of urban wastewater to remove micro-pollutants resulting from the products and their residues they place on the market, set out in article 8.1 and 8.4 and for the monitoring of micro- pollutants referred to in Article 21(1), point (a); and
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) other costs requirlated to exercise their extended producer responsibilityquaternary treatment of urban waste water.
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall consider pre- financing the needed investments until the extended producer responsibility schemes are operational.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to extend the list of products covered by extended producer responsibility in Annex III on the basis of the results of the monitoring required under Article 21(4).
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall exonerate producers from their extended producer responsibility under paragraph 1 where the producers can demonstrate any of the following:that the products they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in urban wastewater.
Amendment 707 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantity of the product they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per yearbeing a micro-sized company in line with the definition under the Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantity of the productsubstances they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per year;
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) tThe productsubstances they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewatersthe effluents of wastewater treatment plants without quartenary treatment stage at the end of their life.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the products they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life.;
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the products they place on the market have already been placed on the market of another Member State and hence the obligations related to the quaternary treatment, as defined by Article 9(1), points (a), (b), (c), will be covered.
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria on the uniform application of the condition laid down in paragraph 2, point (b) to specific micro-pollutants or categories of products. Those implementing acts shall be adopted no later than [date of application of the article 8(1)] in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 736 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(a) establish detailed criteria to identify micro-pollutants for the implementation of the definition set in Article 2(16);
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b (new)
(b) establish and update the list of micro-pollutants as defined in Article 2(16) on the basis of the criteria laid down in point (a);
Amendment 738 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c (new)
(c) establish detailed criteria on the uniform application of the condition laid down in paragraph 2, point (b), and update part C of Annex III accordingly.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2). The implementing acts to be adopted under points (a) to (c) shall be established by [18 months after the last day of the twenty- third month after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When applying extended producer responsibility, Member States shall take into account the technical feasibility and economic viability and the overall environmental, human health and social impacts, respecting the need to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and considering the consequences for critical sectors and products. In case the extended producer responsibility fees would compromise the accessibility, availability and affordability of essential products. Member States shall ensure that fee reductions are applied and may establish alternative sources to cover the costs of quaternary treatment operations.
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the products listed in Annex IIIsubstances that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the products listed in Annex IIImicro- pollutants in the products that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 762 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the products listed in Annex IIImicro- pollutants that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) information on the hazardousness of the producmicro-pollutants referred to in point (i) in the wastewaters at the end of their life;
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) when relevant, a list of micro- pollutants in their products exonerated in accordance with paragraph 2;
Amendment 785 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is determined based on the relative quantities and hazardouness in the wastewaters of the micro-pollutants in the products that are placed on the market, corrective by their respective hazardousness index;
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is determined based on the quantities and hazardounesrelative contribution to overall quantities in the wastewaters of the micro- pollutants contained in products that are placed on the market, corrected by their respective hazardousness index;
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is determined based on the quantities and hazardousness in the wastewaters of the productsubstances that are placed on the market;
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) operators of urban wastewater treatment plants are consulted on the establishment of the abovementioned urban wastewater management objectives;
Amendment 804 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall provide guidance on the specifications of the key elements of the extended producer responsibility schemes referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph.
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. No later than two years after the entry into force of this directive, the Commission should publish a guidance to help Member States set up the extended producer responsibility scheme, ensuring minimum harmonisation across Member States. The Commission shall also facilitate the exchange of best practices among Member States on the establishment of this new extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 839 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that energy audits of urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems are carried out every four years accompanied by an action plan laying down a set of measures to be taken by the plants in order to reduce their energy consumption. Those audits shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU and include an identification of the potential for cost-effective use or production of renewable energy, with a particular focus to identify and utilise the potential for biogas production, while reducing methaneprocess gas emissions. The first audits shall be carried out:
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 31 December 202530 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and the collecting systems connected to them;
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 20305 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. and the collecting systems connected to them.
Amendment 868 #
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, producgenerated at national level byon- or off-site urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above by their owners or their operators, or bought from external sources, is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20340;
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 75 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20345;
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20450.
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 952 #
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 plantsBy [24 months after adoption of the Directive], Member States shall establish a list of wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above, and five years after adoption of the Directive a list of wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above where a quantified, time-bound Water Reuse Plan must be deployed for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental uses, taking into account climate change projections on the availability of water, to alleviate the pressures on the quantitative status of groundwater bodies as referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, and surface water bodies in which treated urban waste water is discharged. Where treated wastewater is reused for agricultural irrigation, it shall comply with the requirements established under Regulation (EU) 2020/741 and may derogate to Article 7, paragraphs 1 to 4 to benefit from the agronomic value of the treated wastewater.
Amendment 1013 #
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 secondfourth 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 health and at least those related to the following:
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall promote control at source to prevent pollution in urban wastewater, in line with Article 191(2) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) establishing collecting systems in accordance with Article 3 for agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 12 000;
Amendment 1030 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) by way of derogation of subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2), establishing individual systems in accordance with Article 4 for agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 2 000;
Amendment 1032 #
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 or equivalent treatment to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 12 000;
Amendment 1038 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) applying tertiary treatment in accordance with Article 7 or equivalent treatment to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 10 000;
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) applying quaternary treatment in accordance with Article 8 or equivalent treatment to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 10 000;
Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The identification of the risks carried out in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reviewed every 56 years and aligned with the timing of the review of the River Basin Management Plans developed under the Directive 2000/60/EC. A summary of the identified risks accompanied with a description of the measures adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article shall be included in the national implementation programmes referred to in Article 23 and communicated to the Commission on request .
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that sludge management routes are conform to the waste hierarchy provided for in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Such routes shall maximize prevention, re-use and recycling of resources and minimize the adverse effects on the environment. Sludge valorization in agriculture is a recycling method for recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge.
Amendment 1109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the direct and indirect greenhouse gase emissions produced by all operational activities of the urban wastewater treatment plant, and the energy used and produced by urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems of above 10 000 p.e.
Amendment 1258 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4(3), 6(3), 7(4), 8(5), 9(1), 14(3), 20(2), and 24(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 4(3), 6(3), 7(4), 8(5), 9(1), 14(3), 20(2), and 24(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 1276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) an analyse of the possible need to adapt the list of products to be covered by extended producer responsibility to the evolution of the range of productsubstances 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 1278 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) an analysis of the possible need to adapt the list of substances to be covered by extended producer responsibility to the evolution of 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 1314 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Annex III