Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
- Reference
- 2017/0332(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2020 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
More facts (2)
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 5 versions
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 13 November 2020
- Committee work (done)
- Tabled for plenary (done)
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Talks opened 23 October 2018
- Plenary vote (done) Voted 15 December 2020
- Published as law (done) 23 December 2020
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
The procedure file names no committee or rapporteur for this dossier.
Decisions in plenary, 0
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.
Versions, 5
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament15 Dec 2020
Adopted text TA9-0344/2020 TA-9-2020-0344
Adopted by Parliament28 Mar 2019
Adopted text TA8-0320/2019 TA-8-2019-0320
Adopted by Parliament23 Oct 2018
Adopted text TA8-0397/2018 TA-8-2018-0397
Tabled for plenary3 Dec 2020
Report A9-0241/2020 A-9-2020-0241
Tabled for plenary1 Oct 2018
Report A8-0288/2018 A-8-2018-0288
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA9-0344/2020: Parliament approves the Council's first-reading position on a recast directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption, so the act is adopted in that form.
- Adopted text TA8-0320/2019: Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive recasting the rules on the quality of water intended for human consumption.
- Adopted text TA8-0397/2018: Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption. It adds universal access to water, a risk-based approach from abstraction to tap, and minimum hygiene requirements for materials in contact with water.
- Report A9-0241/2020: The report recommends that Parliament approve the Council's first-reading position on a directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast).
- Report A8-0288/2018: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) sets quality standards, a risk-based approach and information duties.
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.
Timeline, 10
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 16 Dec 2020–23 Dec 2020
23 December 2020
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
16 December 2020
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps · 15 Dec 2020–15 Dec 2020
15 December 2020
Plenary vote
15 December 2020
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 15 Dec 2020 Council / Commission text C9-0354/2020Motion for a resolution B9-0401/2020Motion for a resolution B9-0501/2020Motion for a resolution B9-0502/2020Report A9-0241/2020
Committee stage 1 step · 13 Nov 2020
13 November 2020
Referred to committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Plenary stage 2 steps · 27 Mar 2019–28 Mar 2019
28 March 2019
Plenary vote
27 March 2019
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 27 Mar 2019 Council / Commission text C8-0019/2018Report A8-0288/2018
Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 23 Oct 2018
23 October 2018
Parliament opened negotiations with the Council
After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step · 23 Oct 2018
23 October 2018
Plenary vote
Committee stage 1 step · 8 Feb 2018
8 February 2018
Referred to committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Connections
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Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2017/0332(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0332 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2017/0332(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2017%2F0332(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0332}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0332},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2017/0332(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2017\%2F0332(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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