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17. Stresses the importance of the availability of water resources for EU industrial policy; notes the great potential in applying water re-use technologies to the treatment of wastewater in agriculture, industry and buildings; calls on the Commission to encourage optimisation of the successive use of water extracted from the water cycle and on the Member States to ensure the necessary investment in the purification and recycling of wastewater processes in order to maintain and improve water quality and keep manufacturers informed of any substantial changes to water composition;

47. Calls on the Commission to be particularly aware that access to clean water is of major importance to girls and women in many parts of the world, as it is often their responsibility to fetch and carry water home; stresses that it is also important to retain female indigenous knowledge of local ecosystems;

47. Calls on the Commission to be particularly aware that access to clean water is of major importance to girls and women in many parts of the world, as it is often their responsibility to fetch and carry water home; stresses that it is also important to retain female indigenous knowledge of local ecosystems;

An effort should therefore be made to place shellfish in water in which they filter optimally, so that they preserve or improve their organoleptic and hygiene quality and are in a good state of vitality before packaging.