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"Mr President, this is an appropriate time to discuss the Commission proposal. The old directive took account of pollution levels that, fortunately, no longer exist. Ninety to ninety-five per cent of bathing water complies with the standards. It is time we moved the bar up a few notches and looked for new challenges. Accordingly, I support the tightening of the standards and do not back the rapporteur's proposal to weaken them. After all, even with these new standards in place, 1 in 20 bathers fall ill, so the standards are certainly not too high.
The Commission proposal also contains less successful features, one of which is the definition of 'bathing water'. Water becomes bathing water when a large number of bathers are in it. It is not clear what constitutes a large number. The Spanish costas are peopled by tens of thousands of bathers, the Finnish lakes by a few individuals. Yet, both must fall within the scope of the definition. The Commissioner could perhaps explain how this should be done in practice.
Attention still needs to be given to how the public are to be provided with information. The Commission's website is, in itself, a good initiative, but who takes their computers with them to the beach? This is why the placing of signs with information at the relevant locations – although labour-intensive in terms of maintenance – is the best solution, because it will reach the highest number of bathers."@en1
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