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EWA-Newsletter

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Issue 3 /October 2018

As reported by EWA News in June 2018, the Commission proposal has entered the Parliamentary political process. Based on a draft report by Mr Dantin MEP, Parliament had already a vote at Committee level in September 2018, Plenary debate and vote in foreseen for October.

News from Brussels

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1. Revision of the Drinking Water Directive (372.5 kB)

2. Latest European Union EFSA report on pesticide residues in food (European Food Safety Agency) (273.4 kB)

3. Neonicotinoids: ban challenged in Court by pesticides producers Judgment by the General Court of the EU (392.4 kB)

4.Ombudsman Report for 2017 (333.4 kB)

5. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): EP’s AGRI committee no longer alone on CAP reform negotiations (361.4 kB)

6. European Environment Agency publishes report on state and trends of Europe’s waters (360.0 kB)

7. Objective of protecting the marine environment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive probably not to be achieved by 2020 (375.0 kB)

8. Water Framework Directive: watchlist updated (410.1 kB)

9. Statistics on Infringements Procedures, Annual Report July 2018 (258.0 kB)

10. Infringement procedures 1 June 2018 to 18 September 2018 (363.6 kB)

11. Water-related questions in the European Parliament (373.4 kB)

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Issue 2 /June 2018

May 2018 saw publication of the latest report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission on bathing water quality in Europe,

- covering 21.801 bathing water sites monitored last year across Europe (21.509 in the 28 EU Member States, 292 in Albania and Switzerland),

- summarising that 95.9% of these bathing water sites complied with the minimum quality requirements set out in the 2006 Bathing Water Directive .

News from Brussels

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1. Bathing Water Quality (790.3 kB)

2. Revision ('recast') of the Drinking Water Directive (400.4 kB)

3.Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in the EU (669.7 kB)

4. Enforcing the law: update on water-related infringement procedures (285.9 kB)

5. London area drinking water supply (360.2 kB)

6. Water-related questions in the European Parliament (340.8 kB)

7. Ofwat: Water consumption in the UK could be reduced by two thirds (507.3 kB)