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"This report deals with an issue that should not be on the EU’s agenda. It does not, of course, make sense to compare the status and requirements of bathing water in the Mediterranean with those of thousands of lakes in countries such as Sweden and Finland. The Bathing Water Directive is an example of how, in practice, the EU rarely applies either the principle of subsidiarity or the principle of proportionality. That is regrettable.
The proposal in which the conciliation procedure has resulted has certain advantages compared with the directive that currently applies. For example, there are fewer criteria that the Member States will have to apply. At the same time, absurd new requirements have been introduced, such as the requirement that signs identical across the EU should be introduced at bathing sites.
We are confident that the Member States are able independently to deal with issues concerning water quality at bathing sites. We are thus opposed in principle to the Bathing Water Directive and have voted against the Conciliation Committee’s compromise."@en1
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