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The Advocate General proposes the annulment of the provisions requiring pharmaceutical and cosmetics producers to finance at least 80% of the costs associated with quaternary wastewater treatment. Importantly, the Opinion does not challenge the environmental objectives of the Directive, the need to reduce micropollutants in wastewater, nor the legitimacy of introducing quaternary treatment. Instead, it focuses on the scientific and evidentiary basis underpinning the allocatio

On 27 November 2024, the European Union reached a landmark milestone with the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 on urban wastewater treatment. This text, which lays down minimum requirements for the collection, treatment and monitoring of urban wastewater, is the result of a comprehensive recast of the 1991 directive.