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Ordinary legislative procedure Second reading

Quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2020 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 November 2020
  2. ✓ Committee work
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 23 October 2018
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 15 December 2020
  6. ✓ Published as law 23 December 2020
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0344/2020 15 December 2020 ✦ Parliament approves the Council's first-reading position on a recast directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption, so the act is adopted in that form.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA8-0320/2019 28 March 2019 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive recasting the rules on the quality of water intended for human consumption.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA8-0397/2018 23 October 2018 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption. It adds universal access to water, a risk-based approach from abstraction to tap, and minimum hygiene requirements for materials in contact with water.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0241/2020 3 December 2020 ✦ The report recommends that Parliament approve the Council's first-reading position on a directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast).⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A8-0288/2018 1 October 2018 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) sets quality standards, a risk-based approach and information duties.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 23 December 2020 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 16 December 2020 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 15 December 2020 Plenary vote
  6. 15 December 2020 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 15 December 2020 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0354/2020📄 Motion for a resolution B9-0401/2020📄 Motion for a resolution B9-0501/2020📄 Motion for a resolution B9-0502/2020📄 Report A9-0241/2020
  7. Committee stage
  8. 13 November 2020 Referred to committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 28 March 2019 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 28 March 2019 📄 Report A8-0288/2018
  11. 27 March 2019 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 27 March 2019 📄 Council / Commission text C8-0019/2018📄 Report A8-0288/2018
  12. Negotiations with the Council
  13. 23 October 2018 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  14. Plenary stage
  15. 23 October 2018 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 23 October 2018 📄 Report A8-0288/2018
  16. Committee stage
  17. 8 February 2018 Referred to committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.