The EEB, PAN Europe, WWF, HCWH and Surfrider Foundation Europe call on the three European institutions to finalise the negotiations under the Hungarian Presidency, reject the weakening amendments proposed by the Council, especially those going beyond the scope of the proposal, and strengthen the Commission’s proposal where needed in line with the following recommendations. [...] The ongoing update of the EU water pollution standards should be kept to the chemical aspects of the WFD and must not amend basic principles of the WFD, which has recently undergone a fitness check and was deemed fit for purpose. [...] ● Reject the Council’s amendment to Article 8(3), WFD 2000/60/EC asking the Commission to come up with new indicators showing progress in the chemical status, as it could open the door to a review of the Water Framework Directive’s one-out-all-out principle in the future. [...] Improve monitoring ● Support the European Parliament’s amendments (AMs 85 and 126) rejecting the Commission’s proposal to limit the number of substances that can be added to the existing surface water Watch List and the proposed new groundwater Watch List. [...] The Commission reduced the number of substances on the surface water WL from to 10 (paragraph 1 to Article 8b in EQSD 2008/105/EC) down from currently 14, and limited the number of substances on the groundwater WL to maximum five (paragraph 1 and 2 in Article 6a in GWD 2006/118/EC).
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Table of Contents
- 1. Strengthening governance 2
- Reject the European Councils amendments delaying the deadline to reach compliance with the 2
- Reject the Councils amendments introducing two new exemptions to the environmental 2
- Reject the Councils amendment to Article 83 WFD 200060EC asking the Commission to 2
- Support the Commissions proposal that monitoring data and the resulting status should be 2
- 2. Addressing the effects of chemicals including mixtures 3
- Reject the European Councils amendments deleting the proposed Sum of pharmaceuticals 3
- Support the European Parliaments amendments harmonising the thresholds of existing 3
- Support the European Parliaments amendment requesting the development of a PFAS total 3
- Support the European Parliaments amendment to develop a group threshold for bisphenols 3
- Reject the Councils amendment reducing the EBM monitoring to a voluntary measure 4
- 3. Improve monitoring 4
- Support the European Parliaments amendments rejecting the Commissions 4
- Reject also the Councils proposal to delay the start of the monitoring of Watch list substances 4
- Support the European Parliaments amendment requesting the 4
- Commission to examine the possibility of including an extended producer mechanism 4
- Support the Parliaments amendment that requires that existing monitoring practices 4
- 4. Improve groundwater protection 4
- Reject the European Councils suggestion to align the quality standards for PFAS in 4
- Reject the Council proposal to weaken groundwater protection by aligning groundwater 4
- Reject the Councils amendment proposing to set up a separate list for relevant and non- 4
- Support the European Parliaments amendment aligning the threshold for non-relevant 5
- Support the European Parliaments call on the Commission to review the groundwater quality 5
- Support the European Parliaments amendment 143 to retain existing requirements in GWD 5
- Annex 1.3 that stricter quality standards should be set if associated surface water bodies risk failing WFD objectives. 5
- 5. Ensure that EU water pollution regulation reflect latest science and lead to action at 5
- Support the position of the Council to maintain the requirement that the Commission should 5
- Support the Parliaments amendment that the lists of priority substances and groundwater 5
