Changes from adopted text to adopted text

Removed‘(c) measures to promote an efficient and sustainable water use, including in agriculture, in order to avoid compromising the achievement of the objectives specified in Article 4;’ [Am. 68]

Removed(8) in Article 11(3), point (k) is replaced by the following:

Removed‘(k) measures to eliminate pollution of surface waters by priority hazardous substances and to progressively reduce pollution by other substances which would otherwise prevent Member States from achieving the environmental objectives for the bodies of surface waters set out in Article 4;;’

Removed(8a) Article 11(5), indent 2 is replaced by the following:

Removed‘ — relevant permits and authorisations are examined and reviewed and, in duly justified cases, suspended, as appropriate,’ [Am. 69]

Removed(9) Article 12 is replaced by the following:

Removed‘Article 12

RemovedIssues which cannot be dealt with at Member State level

Removed1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but cannot be resolved by that Member State, it shall notify the issue to the Commission and any other Member State concerned and make recommendations for the resolution of it.

RemovedThe Commission shall respond to any notification from a Member State within a period of six months. Where the issue concerns failure to meet good chemical status, the Commission shall act in accordance with Article 7a of Directive 2008/105/EC. [Am. 70]

Removed2. The Member States concerned shall cooperate to identify the sources of the issues referred to in paragraph 1 and the measures required for addressing those issues.

RemovedMember States shall respond to each other in a timely manner, and no later than 32 months after notification by another Member State in accordance with paragraph 1. [Am. 71]

Removed3. The Commission shall be informed of, and invited to assist in, any cooperation referred to in paragraph 2. Where appropriate, the Commission shall, taking into account the reports established pursuant to Article 13, consider whether further action needs to be taken at Union level in order to reduce the transboundary impacts on water bodies.;’

Removed(9a) in Article 13, the following paragraph is inserted:

Removed‘4a. The Commission shall reject the river basin management plans presented by Member States when these plans do not include the elements listed in Annex VII.’ [Am. 72]

Removed(9b) The following Article is inserted :

Removed‘Article 14a Access to justice

Removed1. Member States shall ensure that members of the public, in accordance with national law, that have a sufficient interest or that allege the impairment of a right, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of all decisions, acts or omissions under this Directive concerning, inter alia:

Removed(a) plans and projects which may be contrary to the requirements of Article 4, including to prevent the deterioration of the status of bodies of water and to achieve good water status, good ecological potential and/or good water chemical status, to the extent that those requirements are not already provided for under Article 11 of Directive 2011/92/EU;

Removed(b) programmes of measures referred to in Article 11, Member State river basin management plans referred to in Article 13(1) and supplementary Member State programmes or management plans referred to in Article 13(5).

Removed2. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and the impairment of a right, in a manner that is consistent with the objective of providing the public with wide access to justice. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any non-governmental organisation that promotes environmental protection and meets the relevant requirements under national law shall be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired and their interest shall be deemed sufficient.

Removed3. The review procedures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fair, equitable, and completed in a timely manner, and shall not be prohibitively expensive. Those procedures shall also involve the provision of adequate and effective redress, including injunctive relief where appropriate.

Removed4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on access to the administrative and judicial review procedures referred to in this Article."’ [Am. 73]

Removed(10) in Article 15, paragraph 3 is deleted; [Am. 74]

Removed(10a) in Article 15(3) the following subparagraph is added:

Removed‘The Commission shall adopt guidelines and templates concerning the content, structure and format of the interim reports referred to in the first subparagraph, no later than [six months after the entry into force of this Directive].’ [Am. 75]

Removed(11) Articles 16 and 17 are deleted;

Removed(12) Article 18 is amended as follows:

Removed(a) in paragraph 2, point (e) is replaced by the following:

Removed‘(e) a summary of any proposals, control measures and strategies to control chemical pollution or cease or phase out hazardous substances;;’

Removed(b) paragraph 4 is deleted; [Am. 76]

Removed(13) Article 20 is replaced by the following:

Removed‘Article 20

RemovedTechnical adaptations and implementation of this Directive

Removed1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20a to amend Annexes I and III and section 1.3.6 of Annex V in order to adapt the information requirements related to competent authorities, the content of the economic analysis and the selected monitoring standards, respectively, to scientific and technical progress.

Removed2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20a to supplement this Directive by determining the values established for the Member State monitoring system classifications in accordance with the intercalibration procedure set out in point 1.4.1 of Annex V.

Removed3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to set out the technical formats for the transmission of the data referred to in Article 8(4). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2). When establishing those formats, the Commission shall be assisted, where so required, by the EEA;’

Removed(14) the following Article 20a is inserted:

Removed‘Article 20a

RemovedExercise of the delegation

Removed1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Removed2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 20(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive].

Removed3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 20(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament and by 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.

Removed4. 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 on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.

Removed5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Removed6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 20(1) 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.;’

Removed(15) Article 21 is replaced by the following:

Removed‘Article 21

RemovedCommittee procedure

Removed1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council*.

Removed2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

RemovedWhere the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Removed* Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).;’

Removed(16) in Article 22, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

Removed‘4. The environmental objectives in Article 4, the environmental quality standards set out in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC and the thresholds for river basin specific pollutants established pursuant to Articles 8 and 8d of that Directive shall be regarded as environmental quality standards for the purposes of Directive 2010/75/EU.;’

Removed(17) Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive;

Removed(18) in Part A of Annex VII, point 7.7. is replaced by the following:

Removed‘7.7. a summary of the measures taken to reduce the emissions of priority substances and to phase out the emissions of priority hazardous substances;;’

Removed(18a) In Annex VII, Part A, the following point is inserted:

Removed‘ 7.7a. a summary of the measures taken to digitise the monitoring aspects of the water sector;’ [Am. 77]