On Tuesday 27 June, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the amended report by Milan Brglez (S&D, Slovenia) by 69 votes to 4 with 15 abstentions, which supports and strengthens the Commission’s October 2022 proposal to revise the Waste Water Directive (91/271/EEC) and the Freshwater Directive with a view to achieving the zero-pollution ambition for water (see EUROPE B13051A2).
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