This is an issue upon which further work will be done in the daughter directives.

We will not have the entire picture until the relevant daughter directives are in place over the next few years.

This is the same approach we took in the daughter directives on air pollution.

It is not compatible with decisions of the first air quality daughter directive.

Amendment No 16 follow closely the first daughter directive.

The reality is that the details of this legislation will be set out in daughter directives in months and years to come.

It is hoped that these objectives, as well as the first daughter directive for air quality, can be achieved.

Firstly with regard to all the daughter directives, which will implement the framework directive.

As the other daughter directives include binding limit values, I fail to understand why this was not done in this case.

I thank you for this support because I believe that these elements are the cornerstones of the proposed daughter directive.

The Commission's proposed wording on the key issue of public information is in line with agreements on the first two air quality daughter directives.

Three daughter directives have been adopted so far, pursuant to that directive, covering all the other pollutants on the list.

The Nitrates Directive has also been mentioned, and there are others – the daughter directives.

It was decided during discussions of the first daughter directive that such lists would be too bureaucratic and could even be misleading.

These daughter directives which we are now to adopt must lay down procedures and parameters whereby this high quality standard may prevail throughout the Community.

It will be simpler and quicker to tighten the noise standards in existing legislation than to introduce new daughter directives.

I therefore support a daughter directive being drawn up concerning the substances carbon monoxide and benzene.

The air quality framework directive is implemented by issuing daughter directives on a series of air pollutants.

Four different air pollutants are being tackled in this first daughter directive, and more are going to follow in future directives.

In the case of ozone, the framework directive only provides for a target value, and the third daughter directive set the target accordingly.

I believe that we will be able to get that European message across if we respect this framework directive on water, together with its daughter directives.

In summary, on the proposed daughter directive, I am pleased to say that the Commission can support 30 amendments fully, in part or in principle.

That is why the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy proposes four daughter directives yet again.

It has also already been said here that this directive differs from the earlier daughter directives in that this one does not propose binding limit values.

We accept amendments that bring this proposal into line with the final position on the first air quality daughter directive, 1999/30, which was adopted in April this year.