WRITTEN QUESTION No. 345/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Framework for Community action in the field of water policy
Date: 1998-02-17
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, EU law, environmental policy, environmental protection, fixing of prices, water consumption, water management

2. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 304/83

(98/C 304/123)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0345/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(17 February 1998)

Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy

The  Commission  has  drawn  up  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  establishing  a  framework  for  Community
action in the field of water policy (COM(97)0049 › 97/0067(SYN)) (1). With reference to Article 12, will the
Commission provide wholly clear definitions as regards the substance of the tariffing systems for the various
water  users,  which  will  have  to  be  laid  down  by  the  Member  States,  given  that  the  present  wording  of  the
proposal fails to define key concepts such as recovery of costs, calculation of prices, and so forth?

(1)  OJ C 184, 17.6.1997, p. 20.

(98/C 304/124)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0346/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(17 February 1998)

Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy

The  Commission  has  drawn  up  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  establishing  a  framework  for  Community
action in the field of water policy (COM(97)0049 › 97/0067(SYN)) (1). With reference to Articles 13 and 21, will
the Directive lay down uniform methods to be used to determine the environmental quality standards required to
control water pollution at all levels (Community, national, and so forth)?

(1)  OJ C 184, 17.6.1997, p. 20.

(98/C 304/125)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0347/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(17 February 1998)

Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy

The  Commission  has  drawn  up  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  establishing  a  framework  for  Community
action in the field of water policy (COM(97)0049 › 97/0067(SYN)) (1). To help determine the possible ways of
achieving the aims of transnational water plans involving non-Union countries, will the Commission organize or
intensify:

1.  official international conferences to discuss objectives and policies to be pursued above Community level;

2.  measures to deal with more specific pollution problems by strengthening voluntary agreements concluded

outside the Community framework with sectors of industry, official bodies, users, and so forth?

(1)  OJ C 184, 17.6.1997, p. 20.

(98/C 304/126)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0348/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(17 February 1998)

Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy

The  Commission  has  drawn  up  a  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  establishing  a  framework  for  Community
action in the field of water policy (COM(97)0049 › 97/0067(SYN)) (1). With reference to Article 6, will the
Commission lay down a requirement that hydraulic structures and economic activities using or affecting bodies
of water must be subject to environmental impact assessment?

(1)  OJ C 184, 17.6.1997, p. 20.