Changes from plenary report to adopted text

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new), Article 6a a (new): (6a) The following Article is inserted: / 'Article 6aa / Improving protection of groundwater ecosystems / The Commission shall, not later than [OP: please insert the date = four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive], publish an assessment of the impacts of physico-chemical elements, like pH, oxygenation, and temperature, on health of groundwater ecosystems, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to revise this Directive accordingly, in order to set the corresponding parameters, provide for harmonized monitoring methods, and define what would constitute a “good ecological status” for groundwater.'

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new), Article 6a b (new): (6b) The following Article is inserted: / ‘Article 6ab / Specific treatment for areas of high ecological value, vulnerability or pollution / The Commission shall,... [not later than four years after the entry into force of this Directive], publish an assessment of the chemical status of areas characterised by high ecological value, vulnerability or pollution, such as caves and karst areas, former industrial sites and other areas with known historical contamination, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to revise this Directive.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new), Article 6a c (new): (6c) The following Article is inserted: / Article 6ac / No later than... [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall present an impact assessment examining the inclusion in this Directive of an extended producer responsibility mechanism, ensuring that producers that place on the market products containing any of the substances or compounds listed in Annex I, as well as substances of emerging concern included in the watch list under this Directive, contribute to the costs for monitoring programmes designed under Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC. The impact assessment shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to revise this Directive.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 d (new), Article 6a d (new): (6d) The following Article is inserted: / Article 6ad / European monitoring facility / The Commission shall by... [one year after the date of entry into force of this Directive], set up a joint monitoring facility for managing the monitoring requirements when so requested by the Member States. / The Commission shall define the functioning of the monitoring facility, which shall cover, inter alia, the following: / (a) the voluntary nature of the use of the monitoring facility, which shall be without prejudice to arrangements already put in place by the Member States; / (b) the operational procedures for Member States that intend to make use of the monitoring facility, which shall, inter alia, include the required notification to the Commission of their exact monitoring needs or capabilities, the exact protocols for samples managing, as well as the length of time they intend to remain part of the mechanism; / (c) the sources of funding, which may include relevant Union structural funds and programmes, as well as contributions from the private sector, including under the extended producer responsibility mechanism, once put in place in accordance with Article 6ac.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 1: 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date = four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every four years thereafter, the list of pollutants set out in Annex I and the quality standards for those pollutants set out in that Annex, as well as the list of pollutants and indicators set out in Part B of Annex II.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 2: 2. Based on the review, the Commission shall, where appropriate, come forward with legislative proposals to amend Annex I to adapt it to technical and scientific progress by adding or removing groundwater pollutants and quality standards for those pollutants set out in that Annex. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a, to amend Part B of Annex II in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress by adding pollutants or indicators for which Member States have to consider establishing national thresholds.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 4: 4. When adopting legislative proposals and delegated acts as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Commission shall take the scientific reports prepared by ECHA pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article into account.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point f: (f) Union research programmes and scientific publications, including up-to-date information resulting from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices and/or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by best available techniques which could include artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing;

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point g: (g) comments and information from relevant stakeholders, including national regulatory authorities and other relevant bodies.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. By 12 January 2025, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameters ‘PFAS Total’. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 8a amending this Directive by setting a quality standard for 'PFAS total' and amend Annex I accordingly. The Commission shall adopt these delegated acts by 12 January 2026.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 7: 7. ECHA shall, every four years, prepare and make publicly available a report, summarizing the findings of the review referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. The first report shall be submitted to the Commission on … [OP: Please insert the date = three years after the date of entry into force of this Directive].

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 8a – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(2), (3) and (6a) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 6 years from [date of entry into force of this Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the 6 year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 8a – paragraph 3: 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(2), (3) and (6a) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament and the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 8a – paragraph 4: 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 8a – paragraph 6: 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(2), (3) or (6a) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

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AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14, Annex IV – part B – point 1 – introductory part: the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends, including seasonal upward trends caused, inter alia, by low discharge of a water body, will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1), points (b) and (c), unless:.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new), Article 1: (1a) Article 1 is amended as follows: / "Article 1 / This Directive lays down environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances and priority hazardous substances, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status and in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC."

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a, Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: On the basis of the information collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and with Regulation (EU).../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, and other available data, Member States shall establish an inventory, including maps, if available, of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances listed in Part A of Annex I to this Directive and all pollutants listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive for each river basin district or part of a river basin district lying within their territory, including their concentrations in sediment and biota, as appropriate. / 1a OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document COM(2022)0157

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a, Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new): The inventories of emissions shall be made available in an electronic database that is updated regularly and is easily accessible to the public.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a, Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: deleted / (deleted)

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c, Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall update their inventories as part of the reviews of the analyses specified in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC and shall ensure that the emissions, including those reported to the Industrial Emissions Portal established under Regulation (EU) .../…++, are published in their river basin management plans as updated in accordance with Article 13(7) of that Directive.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c, Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: deleted

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 7a – paragraph 1: 1. For priority substances that fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council*, or within the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council**, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*** or Directive 2010/75/EU, the Commission shall, every two years, assess whether the measures in place at Union and Member State level are sufficient to achieve the EQS for priority substances and the cessation or phasing-out objective for discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances in accordance with Article 4(1), point (a), of Directive 2000/60/EC.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new): The hierarchy of measures to be taken shall prioritise restrictions and other control-at-source measures. In this regard, the Commission shall, where appropriate, present proposals to amend Union legal acts to ensure that discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances are halted at the source.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new), Article 7a – paragraph 2: (4 a) In Article 7a, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: / "2. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the outcome of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article no later than six months after its assessment and shall accompany its report with any appropriate proposals including for control measures."

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 8 – paragraph 1: 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date = four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every four years thereafter, the list of priority substances and the corresponding EQS for those substances set out in Part A of Annex I and the list of pollutants set out in Part A of Annex II.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. Based on the review, the Commission shall, where appropriate, come forward with legislative proposals, having regard to the scientific reports prepared by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article, to amend Annex I in order to adapt it to scientific and technological progress by:

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point a: (a) the risk posed by the pollutants, including their hazard, their environmental concentrations and the concentration above which effects might be expected, including their cumulative effects;

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. By 12 January 2025, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameters ‘PFAS Total’. By 12 January 2026, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 9a amending this Directive by settting a quality standard for 'PFAS total' and amending Annex I accordingly.

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AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 8 – paragraph 6 b (new): 6b. By... [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of bisphenols, including at least bisphenol-A, bisphenol-B and bisphenol-S, under the parameter ‘Bisphenols Total’. By... [three years after the entry into force of this Directive] the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 9a amending this Directive by setting an EQS for ‘Bisphenols Total’ using a relative potency factor approach and amending Annex I accordingly

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