Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report of 12 Jul 2023 and the plenary report of 18 Mar 2026
From · plenary report· 12 Jul 2023
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
To · plenary report· 18 Mar 2026
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
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
+7 added · −289 removed · 9 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 6 of 7: Paragraphs 263–291
Removed:(02000L0060)
Removed:Directive 2000/60/EC
Removed:Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 18, Annex V – point 2.4.5 – subparagraph 4: Member States shall also indicate by a black dot on the map, those groundwater bodies which are subject to significant and sustained upward trends, including seasonal upward trends caused, inter alia, by a low discharge of a water body, in the concentrations of any pollutant resulting from the impact of human activity. Reversal of a trend shall be indicated by a blue dot on the map.
Removed:Directive 2000/60/EC
Removed:Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1, Annex VIII – point 10: 10. Materials in suspension, including micro/nanoplastics, as well as materials known to give rise to micro- or nanoplastics;
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Annex III, Annex I – introductory part: Note 1: The QS for the pollutants listed under entries 3 to 7 shall apply from … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 6 months after the entry into force of this amending Directive], with the aim of achieving good water chemical status at the latest by 22 December 2033.
Removed:the good chemical status is to be achieved after the 3rd river basin management plan, one after the current one 2022-2027. the QS should be established as soon as possible so that the measures are properly considered in the 3rd RBMP, as well as in relation to the Industrial Emissions Directive for industrial pollutants, etc.
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Annex III, Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new): Where, for a given body of groundwater, in particular one situated in the ecological network of special areas of conservation under Council Directive 92/43/EEC, it is considered that the groundwater quality standards could result in a failure to achieve the environmental objectives specified in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC for associated bodies of surface water, or in any significant deterioration of the ecological or chemical quality of such bodies, or in any significant damage to groundwater or terrestrial ecosystems which depend directly on that body of groundwater, more stringent threshold values shall be established in accordance with Article 3 and Annex II to this Directive. Programmes and measures required in relation to such threshold values shall also apply to activities falling within the scope of Directive 91/676/EEC.
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:It is not appropriate to set the same quality standard for groundwater as for surface waters. In general, the quality standard for groundwater should be ten times lower as for surface water. As the EQS for carbamazepine in surface water has been set at 0,25 µg/l, the quality standard for carbamazepine in groundwater should be set at 0,025 µg/l.
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Directive 2006/118/EC
Removed:Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new), Annex II – Part B – title: (1a) in part B, the title is replaced by the following: / "Minimum list of pollutants and their indicators for which Member States have to establish threshold values in accordance with Article 3"
Removed:(02006L0118)
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Directive 2008/105/EC
Removed:Annex VI, Annex II – Part A – point 10: 10. Materials in suspension, including micro/nanoplastics, as well as materials known to give rise to micro/nanoplastics;
Removed:Directive 2008/105/CE
Removed:Annex VI, Annex II – Part B – point d a (new): (da) when setting EQS for metals, bioavailability models shall be considered to account for various water quality parameters that affect bioavailability of metals.
Removed:Sound measuring tools must be used by Member States' competent authorities