Water and sanitation are a human right

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Tuairimí a glacadh on 15/10/2014
Reference
NAT/644-EESC-2014-02361-00-00-ac-tra
Opinion Type
Referral
Referral
COM(2014) 177 final
Official Journal
OJ C 12, 15.1.2015, p. 33–38
Rapporteur
Ms. An LE NOUAIL MARLIÈRE
Workers - GR II
France
Plenary session number
501
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Water
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Key points

In its response to the first successful European Citizens' Initiative "Water and sanitation are a human right! Water is a public good, not a commodity!", the Commission affirms the importance of the human right to water and sanitation and of water as a public good and fundamental value. According to the EESC public authorities must be in a position to exert an extensive control on the quality and efficiency of the services provided by water utilities. The EESC supports the Commission in its recognition that transparency has a key role to play. The EESC urges the European Commission to propose legislation establishing access to water and sanitation as a human right as set out by the United Nations, and to promote the provision of water and sanitation as vital public services for all.

 

 

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