18 Amendments of Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU related to 2022/0345(COD)
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) The Directive is expected to require high investment costs for Member States, in particular in rural areas. European Structural and Investment Funds should be unlocked to mitigate the financial burden that the implementation of the Directive is expected to generate.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘urban wastewater ’ means either of the following: (a) domestic wastewater ,; (b) the mixture of domestic wastewater and non-domestic wastewater or; (c) the mixture of domestic wastewater and urban runoff; (d) the mixture of domestic wastewater, non-domestic wastewater and urban runoff ; ;
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘sludge’' means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste resulting from the treatment of urban wastewater ; : (a) residual sludge from sewage plants treating domestic or urban wastewaters and from other sewage plants treating wastewaters of a composition similar to domestic and urban wastewaters; (b) residual sludge from septic tanks and other similar installations for the treatment of sewage; (c) residual sludge from sewage plants other than those referred to in (a) and (b);
Amendment 297 #
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 which has undergone biological, chemical or heat treatment, long-term storage or any other appropriate process so as significantly to reduce its fermentability and the health hazards resulting from its use;
Amendment 471 #
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 such as those due to heavy rain.
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 2030, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants, including micro-plastics and antimicrobial residues that can favor the development of antimicrobial resistance genes, 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 876 #
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, producused at national level by urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Renewable energy produced by water operators and fed back into the grid or sold to other industries shall be taken into account with regard to the objectives referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall facilitate approval procedures for the development of renewable production for use by wastewater treatment plants in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States with regions that are at risk of desertification, shall reuse at least 10% of their treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation by 2030, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2020/741.
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall encourage monitoring the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes in urban wastewater, as soon as suitable EU methodologies for measuring and analysing concentrations of antimicrobial resistance genes in water are developed.
Amendment 999 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When a public health emergency due to SARS-CoV-2an infectious pathogen is declared by the competent authority responsible for public health in the Member State, the presence of SARS- CoV-2the pathogen and its variants shall be monitored in urban wastewaters from at least 70 % of the national population and at least one sample shall be taken per week for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more. This monitoring shall continue until this competent authority declares that the public health emergency due to SARS- CoV-2 has ended.
Amendment 1063 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) identify categories of people without access, or with limited access, to sanitation facilities, includprioritising vulnerable and marginalised groups, people living in rural areas, and provide reasons for such lack of access;
Amendment 1067 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) assess the possibilities forand improvinge access to sanitation facilities for the categories of people referred to in point (a);
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 102 000 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 1091 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall aim for efficient nutirent circularity and must strive to enhance sewage sludge nutrient and metal recovery with a focus on achieving other co-benefits such as biogas or biochar production.
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall consider the extraction of valuable resources from sewage sludge for agricultural purposes in order to consolidate the resilience and sustainability of the sector and to contribute to the strategic autonomy for the EU fertiliser industry.
Amendment 1367 #
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. In water-stressed areas, water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.