European Parliament 12 June 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-1683/02 by Ursula Schleicher (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption (Drinking Water Directive).

These arrangements were the subject of a report from the Commission to the Parliament and the Council at the end of 2000 (2). In this report, the Commission pointed out that Directive 91/477/EEC was the result of a compromise reached after several years of negotiations and that, generally speaking, the Member States and the interested parties were satisfied with the instruments of the Directive.