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NEWS 5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 28 JUNE 2023 Letter of Intention The Director Ioanvalentin Bogatu (0068052A) declares his intention to register for an Employment Agency licence in accordance to article 23 of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990 (Act XXVII I of 1990). The activities proposed to be carried out are the following: Recruitment Consultancy Interviewing, selection and placements of candidates in employment Recruitment of persons from abroad to employment in Malta or in an EU member state Recruitment of persons in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state. Advertising of the filling of vacancies Keeping a register of applicants for employment The Applicant Address, Gracie Flats, Flat 2, Triq Tas-Sliema, Gzira, Malta GZR1639 The Office Address of the premises at which the employment agency or employment business is to be carried out: Gracie Flats, Flat 2, Triq Tas-Sliema, Gzira, Malta GZR1639 Employment Agency Name: NEXTGEN HR CONSULTANCY PE:227623/VAT number: MT30087027 nextgenhrconsultancy.mt@gmail.com info@nextgenconsultancy.org CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The original bridge build in the 1930s which is deemed worthy of protection will be retained but a post-1975 ex- tension to the same bridge will be dismantled. The part of the bridge which will be conserved would be used as a belvedere. The rest of the existing bridge would be demolished follow- ing the construction of the new connection thus retain- ing accessibility to the island throughout the ongoing works. Works will be supervised by the Superintendence for Cul- tural Heritage. Apart from the removal of part of the existing central strip on Triq ix-Xatt the project will also require the removal of part of Gzira promenade, abutting the new proposed access to Manoel Island and the remov- al of an existing boatyard, to- gether with its slipway and the widening of public pavements on both sides of Triq ix-Xatt and Manoel Island. The project also includes a gateway piazza, which can ac- commodate six drop offs, to- gether with a coach drop off and the construction of a new quayside. The application does not in- volve any infrastructural works impacting on the site of the ex- isting petrol station which the government wants to relocate into the adjacent public garden despite the local council's op- position. The Planning Board will be taking its decision on the new Manoel Island link junction on 3 August. After approving a masterplan for the entire project in 2021, the PA still must issue the fi- nal full development permit for the construction of 323 apartments on Manoel Island, which will be mainly located in two clusters in the vicinity of the bridge and another further inland. The proposed junction was a condition imposed by Transport Malta in the master plan for the Manoel Island project approved in 2021 Part of original Manoel Island bridge to be retained as belvedere MEMBERS of the Europe- an Parliament's Environment Committee on Tuesday adopt- ed their position on protecting groundwater and surface waters from pollution and improving water quality standards. The new law, on which MEPs adopted their position with 69 votes in favour, four against and 15 abstentions, revises the Water Framework Directive, the Groundwater Directive and the Environmental Quali- ty Standards Directive (Surface Water Directive). The aim of the revisions is better protect- ing human health and natural ecosystems from pollutants. Stricter monitoring of sub- stances MEPs propose that the "watch list" - which contains substances or groups of sub- stances where there is an indi- cation that they pose a signifi- cant risk to human health and the environment - should not be limited to a maximum of substances as proposed by the Commission. This list must, they say, be updated regularly to keep up with new scientific evidence and the fast-evolving pace of emerging new chemi- cals. The Environment Committee wants a number of substances to be added to the watch list as soon as suitable monitoring methods are identified, includ- ing microplastics, antimicro- bial resistant microorganisms and selected antimicrobial re- sistance genes, as well as pos- sibly sulfates, xanthates and non-relevant pesticide metab- olites. Prevent groundwater pollution To better protect the EU's ground water MEPs demand the threshold values applicable to groundwater be ten times lower than those for surface water. They also want a subset of specific PFAS (per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances) as well as the PFAS total (parameter which includes the totality of PFAS with a maximum con- centration) to be added to the list of groundwater pollutants, as these substances have been detected in more than 70% of the groundwater measuring points in the EU. Similarly, MEPs want stricter standards for glyphosate, bisphenol (bi- sphenol total), atrazine, phar- maceuticals and non-relevant metabolites of pesticides. Polluters should pay The cost of monitoring sub- stances is now solely financed by member states and, with the ever-changing number of chem- icals being detected, monitoring costs are likely to increase. MEPs therefore want the producers of products that contain polluting substances to contribute to this, and have asked the Commission to assess the creation of an ex- tended producer responsibility mechanism. Reducing pollution in EU groundwater and surface waters Threshold values should be 10 times lower for groundwater than for surface water Producers selling products that contain polluting chemical substances should help finance monitoring