Recitals
- Recital (1)On 28 July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognised the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right…
- Recital (2)Chemical pollution of surface water and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic…
- Recital (3)According to the European Environment Agency’s report entitled Europe’s state of water 2024, in 2021 Member States reported that around 90…
- Recital (4)Overall, the conclusions of the 2019 Fitness Check of Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2007/60/EC and 2008/105/EC of the European…
- Recital (5)As reported in the Commission assessment of 4 February 2025 on the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC based on the Member States’ third…
- Recital (6)Pursuant to Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Union policy on the environment is to be based on…
- Recital (7)In seeking to achieve a high level of environmental protection and in implementing the Zero Pollution Action Plan set out in the…
- Recital (8)The Commission’s communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal sets out a strategy to ensure, by 2050, a climate-neutral,…
- Recital (9)The objectives of achieving good status of water bodies and of ensuring water availability are cross-cutting and are often not pursued in a…
- Recital (10)Directive 2000/60/EC establishes a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and…
- Recital (11)It should be ensured that the discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances cease or are phased out within an…
- Recital (12)Substances are considered for listing in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC or in Annex I or Part B of Annex II to Directive…
- Recital (13)The Commission has conducted a review of the list of priority substances previously in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC in accordance with…
- Recital (14)A combination of source-control and end-of-pipe measures is required to effectively deal with most pollutants across their life cycle,…
- Recital (15)New scientific evidence points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already…
- Recital (16)Bisphenol-A should be added to the list of substances in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC and designated as a priority hazardous substance.…
- Recital (17)Taking into account that groundwater is the main source of drinking water in the Union, it is essential to ensure that the quality…
- Recital (18)Considering the toxicity of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), its persistence and prevalence in the environment, and its many sources, including…
- Recital (19)There is a need to gather more knowledge about the presence, importance and sensitivity of groundwater ecosystems in order to properly…
- Recital (20)Directive 2000/60/EC requires Member States to identify water bodies used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, to…
- Recital (21)It is estimated that in 2019, between 900000 and 1,7 million deaths around the world were attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…
- Recital (22)Directives 2006/118/EC and 2008/105/EC should each contain an annex listing selected substances, groups of substances, and indicators to be…
- Recital (23)The conventional chemical analytical methods used for monitoring substances under Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC and 2008/105/EC…
- Recital (24)Whereas the risk from mixtures of pesticides is to some degree covered in Directive 2006/118/EC by the quality standard for total…
- Recital (25)As a result of its review of the list of substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, the Commission identified a number of…
- Recital (26)In accordance with the Stockholm Convention and Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, Member States are obliged to ensure the protection of human…
- Recital (27)Until now, river basin specific pollutants that are not identified as priority substances under Directive 2000/60/EC have been subject to…
- Recital (28)Furthermore, integrating river basin specific pollutants into the definition of chemical status of surface waters ensures a more…
- Recital (29)The surface water and groundwater watch list mechanisms aim to gather information on the presence and distribution of substances of…
- Recital (30)Several judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union have clarified the concept of deterioration of status. A definition of…
- Recital (31)The judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, combined with additions to the lists of substances as well as stricter…
- Recital (32)The green transition and other activities of public interest, such as in the areas of security and defence, require significant investments…
- Recital (33)In order to ensure a harmonised approach and level playing field in the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU…
- Recital (34)Given the need to swiftly adapt to scientific and technical knowledge and to ensure a harmonised approach and level playing field in the…
- Recital (35)The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances…
- Recital (36)In order to ensure a level playing field in the Union and allow comparability of water body status between Member States, there is a need…
- Recital (37)All provisions of Directive 2006/118/EC relating to the assessment of groundwater chemical status should be adapted to the introduction of…
- Recital (38)To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union…
- Recital (39)The Fitness Check concluded that more frequent and streamlined electronic reporting is needed to foster better implementation and…
- Recital (40)The status assessment under Directive 2000/60/EC is based on the one-out-all-out-principle and it should remain so. It is therefore…
- Recital (41)Better integration of data flows reported to the EEA under Union water legislation and, in particular, of the inventories of emissions…
- Recital (42)The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, signed at Lisbon on 13…
- Recital (43)The empowerment in Article 20(1), first subparagraph, of Directive 2000/60/EC, which provides for the use of the regulatory procedure with…
- Recital (44)The empowerment in Article 8(1) of Directive 2006/118/EC, which provides for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, fulfils the…
- Recital (45)It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work on delegated acts,…
- Recital (46)The empowerment in Article 8(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, which provides for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, fulfils the…
- Recital (47)Member States’ experts should continue to be involved in the regular cooperation facilitated by the Common Implementation Strategy for…
- Recital (48)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the…
- Recital (49)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Directive 2006/118/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the…
- Recital (50)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Directive 2008/105/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the…
- Recital (51)It is necessary to take into account scientific and technical progress in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in…
- Recital (52)Member States should encourage deployment of digital tools such as remote sensing technologies and earth observation, such as Copernicus…
- Recital (53)The competent authorities should support training, skills development programmes and investment in human capital to support the effective…
- Recital (54)In accordance with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental…
- Recital (55)Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, and in significant…
- Recital (56)The Commission should report on the possibility of including an extended producer responsibility mechanism in Directive 2000/60/EC. That…
- Recital (57)Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC and 2008/105/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
- Recital (58)Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to ensure a high level of environmental protection and an improvement of the environmental…
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