Activities of Richard SEEBER related to 2006/0129(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy (debate)
Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 56 #
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may designate mixing zones adjacent to points of discharge. CProvided that the best available waste water treatment techniques are applied, concentrations of one or more pollutants within such mixing zones may exceed the relevant EQS if they do not affect the compliance of the rest of the body of surface water within those standards.
Amendment 57 #
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States that designate mixing zones shall include in river basin management plans produced in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC a description of: (a) the approaches and methodologies applied to derive such zones in river basin management plans produced in accordance with, and (b) the measures taken with a view to reducing the extent of the mixing zone in the future, such as those pursuant to Article 11(3)(k) of Directive 2000/60/EC, or a review of permits referred to in Directive 2008/1/EC or of prior regulations referred to in Article 131(3)(g) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
Amendment 59 #
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that designate mixing zones shall ensure that the extent of any such zone is: (a) restricted to the proximity of the point of discharge; (b) proportionate, having regard to the concentrations of pollutants at the point of discharge and to the conditions on emissions of pollutants contained in the prior regulations, such as authorisations and/or permits, referred to in Article 11(3)(g) of Directive 2000/60/EC and any other relevant Community law, in accordance with the application of best available techniques and Article 10 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular after those prior regulations are reviewed. As a rule the total length of the mixing zone, seen from the point of discharge, shall not exceed 1 km for bodies of surface water with an average width of less than 100 m. For other bodies of surface water, the length of the mixing zone shall not exceed ten times the width. In the course of the review of the programme of measures pursuant to Article 11(8) of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall consider measures to reduce the extent of the mixing zones designated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 60 #
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3b. The Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC, provide guidance to be used by the Member States for the designation of mixing zones.
Amendment 67 #
Article 7
Review Reporting and Review 1. On the basis of reports from Member States, including reports in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC and in particular those on transboundary pollution, the Commission shall review the need for additional specific Community- wide measures, such as emission controls. 2. It shall report its conclusions to the European Parliament and to the Council in the context of the report prepared in accordance with Article 18(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, accompanied. In that report the Commission shall outline the progress made in reducing the extent of the mixing zones designated in accordance with Article 4(1). That report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposals.