DRAFT REPORT 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
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 6 b (new)
Version initale
Amendement
(6a) The following Article is inserted : ‘Article 6b Extended producer responsibility 1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that producers that place on the market products containing any of the substances or compounds listed in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC, as well as substances of emerging concern included in the watch list under that Directive have extended producer responsibility. Such measures shall ensure that those producers contribute to the costs for monitoring programmes designed under Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC. 2. Member States shall ensure that producers referred to in paragraph 1 fulfil their extended producer responsibility collectively by becoming a member of a producer responsibility organisation. Member States shall ensure that: (a) the producers referred to in paragraph 1 are required to provide, once every year, the producer responsibility organisations with the following information: (i) the annual quantities of the products containing any of the substances or compounds listed in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC, as well as substances of emerging concern included in the watch list under that Directive; (ii) information on the hazardousness of the products referred to in point (i) in the surface water and groundwater; (b) the producers referred to in paragraph 1 are required to contribute financially to the producer responsibility organisations in order to cover the costs arising from their extended producer responsibility; (c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is determined based on the quantities and hazardousness in the surface water and groundwater of the products specified in paragraph 1 of this Article that are placed on the market; (d) producer responsibility organisations are subject to annual independent audits of their financial management, including their capacity to cover the costs referred to in paragraph 4, the quality and adequacy of the information collected under point (a) and the adequacy of the contributions collected under point (b). 3. Member States shall ensure that: (a) the roles and responsibilities of all relevant actors involved, including producers referred to in paragraph 1, producer responsibility organisations, Member State agencies and other private or public organisations carrying out monitoring programmes designed under Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and local competent authorities, are clearly defined; b) a reporting system is in place to gather data on the products referred to in paragraph 1 that are placed on the market of the Member States by producers.’
Exposé sommaire
The provision on extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the GWD is intended forrelieving national budgets and taxpayers from the burden of costs that incur for implementingwater monitoring programmes. The Commission's impact assessment foresees increases ofexpenses at Member State level associated with monitoring pollution due to the increasednumber and different nature of substances covered by the revised legislation. The EPR shouldbe an appropriate measure to mitigate the increase of these costs.