5 Amendments of Nikolaos SALAVRAKOS related to 2011/2297(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Declares that water is a shared resource of humankind and a public good and therefore should not be a source of profit, and that access to water should constitute a fundamental and universal right; stresses that the sustainable use of water is an environmental and health necessity that plays a fundamental role in the climate regulation cycle; reiterates that ‘the management of water resources should not be subject to internal market rules’ (EP Resolution P5_TA (2004)0183) and invites the European Commission to review the relevant legislation, particularly that on public procurement and concessions, so as to guarantee public ownership and management of water and water utilities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Invites the European Commission to be more determined in its inquiries, and therefore much less passive and accommodating in relation to the specific implementation of the WFD, and to urge the Member States consistently to make concrete progress;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the existence of certain activities denounced by the petitioners, including waste landfills, agriculture and industry, which produce a great impact on the environment and human health and are said to be responsible for poor water quality; calls therefore for the abandonment of subsidies which undermine incentives for efficient water management by creating overuse, and to free up funds for targeted subsidiesthe poor quality of the water; calls therefore for the establishment of more targeted incentives for efficient water management and – in particular for poor and rural populations – aimed at affordable access to water for all;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that the European Commission proposal amending the WFD (COM (2011)876) adds only 15 new chemical substances from a list of 2000 potentially dangerous substances that should be monitored and reduced, and fails to set out clear timetables to phase out the most dangerous chemicals, despite explicit legal requirements agreed upon since 2000; asks, therefore, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, in its recommendation to the Commission, to pay particular attention to the priority substances mentioned above – very often identified by petitioners as ‘toxic and radioactive waste’ – given the high degree of risk they pose, as water contaminants, to human health and the aquatic environment;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks the Commission to develop and publish in 2012 a road map to set recommendations focusing on improving the efficiency of water resources and land use, implementing ecosystem protection measures under the CAP, developing an approach for mainstreaming the water issue into all policies and improving governance of water management as well as research and data collection; in this context welcomes the increasing inclusion of environmental regulations in the CAP; the Commission is also invited to publish in 2012 a ‘Blueprint to safeguard EU water’ based on the review of the WFD implementation, the review of the EU Water Scarcity and Drought Policy as well as the review of the EU adaptation policy as related to water management;