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Removed(d) an appropriate monitoring scheme, with an increased monitoring frequency where necessary;

Removed(e) a summary of the plan for the necessary remedial action, including a timetable for the work and an estimate of the cost and provisions for reviewing; and

Removed(f) the required duration of the derogation.

Removed3. If the competent authorities consider the non-compliance with the parametric value to be trivial, and if action taken in accordance with Article 12(2) is sufficient to remedy the problem within 30 days, the information provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article need not be specified in the derogation.

RemovedIn that event, only the maximum permissible value for the parameter concerned and the time allowed to remedy the problem shall be set by the competent authorities or other relevant bodies in the derogation.

Removed4. Recourse may no longer be had to paragraph 3, if failure to comply with any one parametric value for a given water supply has occurred on more than 30 days on aggregate during the previous 12 months.

Removed5. Any Member State which has had recourse to the derogations provided for in this Article shall ensure that the population affected by any such derogation is promptly informed in an appropriate manner of the derogation and of the conditions governing it. In addition, the Member State shall, where necessary, ensure that advice is given to particular population groups for which the derogation could present a special risk.

RemovedThe obligations referred to in the first subparagraph shall not apply in the circumstances described in paragraph 3 unless the competent authorities decide otherwise.

Removed6. With the exception of derogations granted in accordance with paragraph 3, a Member State shall inform the Commission within two months of any derogation concerning an individual supply of water exceeding 1 000 m3 a day as an average or serving more than 5 000 people, including the information specified in paragraph 2.

Removed7. This Article shall not apply to water intended for human consumption offered for sale in bottles or containers. [Am. 112]

RemovedArticle 13

RemovedAccess to water intended for human consumption

Removed1. Without prejudice to Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC and to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, Member States shall, whilst taking into account the local and regional perspectives and circumstances for water distribution, take all necessary measures to improve universal access for all to water intended for human consumption and promote its use on their territory. This shall include all of the following measures:

Removed(a) identifying people without access, or with limited access, to water intended for human consumption, including vulnerable and marginalised groups, and reasons for lack of access (such as belonging to a vulnerable and marginalised group), assessing possibilities and taking actions to improve access for those people and informing them about possibilities of connecting to the distribution network or about alternative means to have access to such water;

Removed(aa) ensuring the public supply of water intended for human consumption;

Removed(b) setting up and maintaining outdoors and indoors equipment, including refill points, for free access to water intended for human consumption in public spaces, particularly in areas of high footfall; this shall be done where technically feasible, in a manner that is proportionate to the need for such measures and taking into account specific local conditions, such as climate and geography;

Removed(c) promoting water intended for human consumption by:

Removed(i) launching campaigns to inform citizens about the high quality of such tap water and to raise awareness of the nearest designated refill point;

Removed(ia) launching campaigns to encourage the general public to carry reusable water bottles and launching initiatives to raise awareness of the location of refill points;

Removed(ii) encouraging ensuring the free provision of such water in administrations and public buildings, as well as discouraging the use of water put in single use plastic bottles or containers in such administrations and buildings;

Removed(iii) encouraging the free provision of such water for free or for a low service fee, for customers in restaurants, canteens, and catering services. [Am. 113, 165, 191, 208, 166, 192, 169, 195, 170, 196, 197 and 220]

Removed2. On the basis of the information gathered under paragraph 1(a), Member States shall take all necessary measures that they consider necessary and appropriate to ensure access to water intended for human consumption for vulnerable and marginalised groups. [Am. 114]

RemovedIn case those groups do not have access to water intended for human consumption, Member States shall immediately inform them of the quality of the water they are using and of any action that can be taken to avoid adverse effects on human health resulting from any contamination of that water.

Removed2a. Where obligations laid down in this Article are incumbent on local public authorities under national law, Member States shall ensure that such authorities have the means and resources to ensure access to water intended for human consumption and that any measures in that regard are proportionate to the capacities and size of the distribution network concerned. [Am. 173, 199 and 209]

Removed2b. Taking into account the data collected under the provisions set out in point (a) of Article 15(1), the Commission shall collaborate with Member States and the European Investment Bank to support municipalities in the Union which lack the necessary capital in order to enable them to access technical assistance, available Union funding and long-term loans at a preferential interest rate, particularly for the purpose of maintaining and renewing water infrastructure in order to ensure the provision of high quality water, and to extend water and sanitation services to vulnerable and marginalised population groups. [Am. 174, 200 and 210]

RemovedArticle 14

RemovedInformation to the public

Removed1. Member States shall ensure that adequate, and up-to-date and accessible information on water intended for human consumption is available, online or in other user-friendly ways, to all persons supplied, in accordance with Annex IV, while complying with applicable data protection rules. [Am. 116]

Removed2. Member States shall ensure that all persons supplied receive regularly and at least once a year, and in the most appropriate and easily accessible form (for instance on their invoice or by smart applications) without having to request it, as determined by the competent authorities, the following information: [Am. 117]

Removed(a) where costs are recovered through a tariff system, information on the cost structure of the tariff charged per cubic metre of water intended for human consumption, including the distribution of fixed and variable costs, presenting at least costs related to the following elements:; [Am. 118]

Removed(i) measures taken by water suppliers for the purposes of the hazard assessment pursuant to Article 8(5); [Am. 119]

Removed(ii) treatment and distribution of water intended for human consumption; [Am. 120]

Removed(iii) waste water collection and treatment; [Am. 121]

Removed(iv) measures taken pursuant to Article 13, in case such measures have been taken by water suppliers; [Am. 122]

Removed(aa) information on the quality of water intended for human consumption, including the indicator parameters; [Am. 123]

Removed(b) where the costs are recovered through a tariff system, the price of the supply of water intended for human consumption supplied per litre and cubic metre, and the price invoiced per litre; where the costs are not recovered through a tariff system, the total annual costs borne by the water system to ensure compliance with this Directive, accompanied by contextual and relevant information on how water intended for human consumption is supplied to the area; [Am. 124]

Removed(ba) the treatment and distribution of water intended for human consumption; [Am. 125]

Removed(c) the volume consumed by the household, at least per year or per billing period, together with yearly trends of household consumption, if technically feasible and only if this information is available to the water supplier; [Am. 126]

Removed(d) comparisons of the yearly water consumption of the household with an average consumption for a household in the same category, when applicable in accordance with point (c); [Am. 127]

Removed(e) a link to the website containing the information set out in Annex IV.

RemovedMember States shall set out a clear division of responsibilities with regard to the provision of information under the first subparagraph between water suppliers, stakeholders and competent local bodies. The Commission may is empowered to adopt implementing delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 supplementing this Directive by specifying the format of, and modalities to present, the information to be provided under the first subparagraph. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(2). [Am. 128]

Removed3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice to Directives 2003/4/EC and 2007/2/EC.

RemovedArticle 15

RemovedInformation on monitoring of implementation

Removed1. Without prejudice to Directive 2003/4/EC and Directive 2007/2/EC, Member States, assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall:

Removed(a) set up by … [6 years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive], and update every 6 years thereafter, a data set containing information on the measures taken under Article 13, and on the share of their population that has access to water intended for human consumption;

Removed(b) set up by … [3 years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive], and update every 3 years thereafter, a data set containing the hazard and domestic distribution risk assessments performed in accordance with Articles 8 and 10, respectively, including the following elements:

Removed(i) the abstraction points identified under Article 8(1)(a);

Removed(ii) the monitoring results collected in accordance with Article 8(1)(d) and Article 10(1)(b); and

Removed(iii) concise information on measures taken pursuant to Article 8(5) and Article 10(2);

Removed(c) set up, and update annually thereafter, a data set containing monitoring results, in cases of exceedances of the parametric values set in Annex I, parts A and B, collected in accordance with Articles 9 and 11 and information about the remedial actions taken in accordance with Article 12;

Removed(d) set up, and update annually thereafter, a data set containing information on drinking water incidents that have caused potential danger risk to human health, regardless of whether any failure to meet the parametric values occurred, that lasted for more than 10 consecutive days and that affected at least 1 000 people, including the causes of those incidents and remedial actions taken in accordance with Article 12. [Am. 129]

RemovedWhere possible, spatial data services as defined in Article 3(4) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall be used to present those data sets.

Removed2. Member States shall ensure that the Commission, the European Environment Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have access to the data sets referred to in paragraph 1.

Removed3. The European Environment Agency shall publish and update a Union-wide overview on the basis of the data collected by the Member States on a regular basis or following receipt of a request from the Commission.

RemovedThe Union-wide overview shall include, as appropriate, indicators for outputs, results and impacts of this Directive, Union-wide overview maps and Member State overview reports.

Removed4. The Commission may is empowered to adopt implementing delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 supplementing this Directive by specifying the format of, and modalities to present, the information to be provided in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3, including detailed requirements regarding the indicators, the Union-wide overview maps and the Member State overview reports referred to in paragraph 3. [Am. 130]

RemovedThe implementing acts referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(2). [Am. 131]

RemovedArticle 16

RemovedAccess to justice