SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Informal European Parliament/EU Council agreement on recast of Drinking Water Directive will be analysed by Member States no earlier than 22 January

Brussels, 20/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The informal agreement reached on 19 December between Parliament and EU Council negotiators on the recast of the 1998 Drinking Water Directive was briefly presented to the Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) on Friday 20 December. "The reception has been positive. There should not be too many problems, but the analysis of the text will be done in January, at the earliest on 22 January, because technical adjustments still need to be made in early January", a...