Member States will have to "make progress towards compliance" of water quality standards, which take the form of maximum allowable concentrations and annual average values, by 2018.Thirteen of the 33 pollutants covered by the directive are already identified as "priority hazardous substances".
Lai veicinātu energoefektivitāti, cits grozījums pilnvaro elektroenerģijas uzņēmumus ieviest progresīvas cenu veidošanas formulas, kas lielāka patēriņa gadījumā palielinās elektrības cenu.