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RemovedDirective 2006/118/EC

Added‘37. ‘Water intended for human consumption’ has the same meaning as under Directive (EU) 2020/2184.’ [Am. 59]

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: Suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes shall be identified as soon as possible and no later than [the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive]. As soon as those monitoring methods are identified, micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes shall be included in the watch list in accordance with Article 6a(2)(1). The Commission shall also consider whether including sulfates in the first watch list is necessary to improve availability of data on their presence with regard to the scope of this directive.

Added(db) in point (40), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

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Added‘40. ‘Emission limit values’ means the mass, expressed in terms of certain specific parameters, concentration and/or level of an emission, which may not be exceeded during any one or more periods of time. Emission limit values may also be laid down for certain groups, families or categories of substances, in particular for those identified in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC.’ [Am. 60]

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part: ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances and indicators of pollution for the watch list, taking into account the following information:

Added(3) in Article 3, the following paragraph 4a is inserted:

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Added‘4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents, which could affect downstream water bodies situated in other Member States, Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities for downstream water bodies in such Member States, as well as the Commission, are immediately informed and that the necessary cooperation is set up to investigate the causes and address the consequences of the exceptional circumstances or incidents.;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point f: (f) research projects and scientific publications and evidence, including information on the impact of material and thermal contaminants as well as impacts of aboveground and underground extractive and infrastructure activities on groundwater ecosystems and groundwater-dependent ecosystems and their biodiversity, information on trends and forecasts based on modelling or other predictive assessments, as well as information and data collected by remote sensing technologies, Earth observation (Copernicus services), in situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, taking advantage of the opportunities opened by artificial intelligence and advanced data analysis and processing;

AddedMember States shall notify other Member States that could be adversely affected by the relevant pollution incident.

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AddedTo further improve cooperation and information exchange in the international river basin districts, for all international river basin districts arrangements for emergency communication and response shall be put in place.’ [Am. 61]

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: A first watch list shall be established by .. [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. The watch list shall be updated at the latest every 36 months thereafter or more frequently if new scientific evidence emerges that would necessitate the list being updated in the interim period between individual reviews.

Added(4) Article 4(1) is amended as follows:

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Added(a) in point (a), point (iv) is replaced by the following:

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Member States shall evaluate every two years the impact on water quality of industrial activities related to the energy transition and inform the Commission of newly identified threats so that it can update the watch list accordingly. The evaluation shall be easily accessible to the public.

Added‘(iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution, discharges, emissions and losses from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances within an appropriate timeline and, in any case, not later than 20 years after a given priority substance is listed as hazardous in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. That timeline shall apply without prejudice to the application of stricter timelines in any other applicable Union legislation;’ [Am. 62]

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Added(b) in point (b)(iii), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6, Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: Each Member State shall select at least two monitoring stations, plus the number of stations equal to its total area in km2 of groundwater bodies divided by 30 000 (rounded to the nearest integer).

Added‘Measures to achieve trend reversal shall be implemented in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2006/118/EC and Annex IV to that Directive, subject to the application of paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article and without prejudice to paragraph 8 of this Article.;’

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Added(ba) in point (c), the following subparagraph 1a is added:

RemovedArticle 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.'

Added‘Member States shall set stricter standards or threshold values if necessary to adequately protect the areas listed in Annex IV to this Directive, including special areas of conservation under Council Directive 92/43/EEC. Programmes and measures required in relation to such threshold values shall also apply to activities falling within the scope of Directive 91/676/EEC.’ [Am. 63]

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Added(5) in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

RemovedArticle 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.

Added‘2. For each body of water identified under paragraph 1, in addition to meeting the objectives of Article 4 in accordance with the requirements of this Directive, for surface water bodies including the quality standards established at Union level, Member States shall ensure that under the water treatment regime applied, and in accordance with Union legislation, the resulting water will meet the requirements of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council*.

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Added* Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1);’

RemovedArticle 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.

Added(6) Article 8 is amended as follows:

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Added(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

RemovedArticle 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.

Added‘3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to setdelegated acts in accordance with Article 20a supplementing this Directive by setting out technical specifications and standardised methods for analysis and monitoring of water status set out in accordance with Annex V. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts and for establishing formats for reporting monitoring and status data in accordance with paragraph 4. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).;’ [Am. 64]

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Added(aa) The following paragraph is added:

RemovedArticle 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.

Added‘3a. By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall publish a comprehensive assessment on the possible application of continuous, precise and real-time (online) pollution monitoring systems of water quality measurements, including economic and technical feasibility aspects of such systems relevant to the Member States, as well the use of harmonised standards.

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AddedThe Commission shall, if appropriate, adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2), to set out harmonised standards for online water monitoring.”’ [Am. 65]

RemovedArticle 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.

Added(b) the following paragraphs 4 and 5 are added:

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Added‘4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 and 2.4.3 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made available to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and, without undue delay and in an easily accessible manner, to the public at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable format in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council** and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council***. For those purposes, Member States shall use the formats established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. [Am. 66]

RemovedArticle 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.

Added5. The EEA shall ensure that the information made available in accordance with paragraph 4 is regularly processed and analysed for the purpose of making it available, via relevant Union portals, for reuse by the Commission and relevant Union agencies and for the purpose of providing the Commission, the Member States and the public with up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information, in particular on status, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council****.

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Added* Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26).

RemovedArticle 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;

Added** Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).

RemovedDirective 2006/118/EC

Added*** Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).

RemovedArticle 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.

Added**** Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (OJ L 126, 21.5.2009, p. 13);’