What changed

ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure

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(First reading without prior interinstitutional negotiations)

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Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

* Consultation procedure

1. Rapporteur: Milan BRGLEZ (S&D / SI)

*** Consent procedure

2. Reference numbers: 2022/0344 (COD) / A9-0238/2023 / P9_TA(2024)0358

***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading)

3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 24 April 2024

***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading)

4. Legal basis: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading)

5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)

(The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.)

6. Commission's position:

Amendments to a draft act

Welcomes the Parliament’s strong support for the proposal and its determination to improve freshwater quality in the EU, noting in particular the support and even increased ambition for the list of additional pollutants and related environmental quality standards in the Annexes to the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) and the Groundwater Directive (GWD), as well as support for the Commission proposal to increase transparency on monitoring and status data by means of automated reporting mechanisms;

Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns

Regrets the rejection of the Commission proposals to simplify and waive some reporting obligations.

Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column.

Emphasizes the need to equip the EU with a sufficiently dynamic system to be able to respond to emerging threats and thus highlight the importance of delegated acts to amend all annexes to the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) and the Groundwater Directive (GWD) to ensure adequate protection of human health and the environment.

The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend.

Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text

New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced.

By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted.

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

(14144/1/2025 – C10-0065/2026 – 2022/0344(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (14144/1/2025 – C10-0065/2026),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 22 February 2023,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0540),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0063/2026),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.

ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

References

14144/1/2025 – C10-0065/2026 – 2022/0344(COD)

Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number

24.4.2024 T9-0358/2024

Draft act considered at first reading

COM(2022)0540 - C9-0361/2022

Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary

12.3.2026

Committee(s) responsible

Date announced in plenary

ENVI

12.3.2026

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Javi López

12.9.2024

Discussed in committee

6.2.2025

4.6.2025

24.6.2025

6.10.2025

Date adopted

17.3.2026

Result of final vote

+:

–:

0:

59

12

3

Date tabled

18.3.2026

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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