Commenting on the compromise, Parliament's rapporteur, Dimitrios Papadimoulis said: "I am glad we managed to extend the export ban of metallic mercury to its more toxic and dangerous compounds and examine, by January 2010, the need to extend it even more, by including other mercury compounds and products containing mercury, in an effort to close all loopholes.
EP Vides, sabiedrības veselības un pārtikas nekaitīguma komiteja uzstāj, ka dzīvsudraba imports un eksports Eiropas Savienībā jāaizliedz no 2010.gada decembra — agrāk, nekā to vēlas dalībvalstu ministri.