#52026DC0235Commission report on delegated powers under the EU Drinking Water Directive
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This report reviews the European Commission’s power to adopt technical rules under the EU Drinking Water Directive. Those rules cover issues such as water leakage thresholds, hygiene requirements for materials that touch drinking water, conformity checks, product markings, and future technical updates. For water suppliers, manufacturers of pipes and other drinking-water contact products, national regulators, and compliance teams, the report signals where EU-level technical standards are expected or already being prepared. It does not create new immediate duties by itself, but it matters because these delegated acts can shape future compliance obligations across the drinking-water supply chain.
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Key Changes
- Reviews the Commission’s delegated powers under the EU Drinking Water Directive for the 2021-2026 period
- Highlights future EU technical rules on water leakage thresholds and action plans for high-leakage Member States
- Covers planned technical measures for materials and products that come into contact with drinking water
Obligations
What this law requires
The European Commission must adopt a delegated act setting an EU-wide threshold for water leakage levels in water supply, based on the infrastructural leakage index or another appropriate method.
Member States whose national water leakage levels exceed the EU-wide threshold must present an action plan to the Commission setting out measures to reduce leakages.
The European Commission must establish a procedure, including information requirements, for applications to include or remove starting substances, compositions, and constituents from the European positive lists for materials in contact with drinking water.
EU Member States had to transpose Directive (EU) 2020/2184 on the quality of water intended for human consumption into national law.