The Parliament inserted a definition of a "contaminated site" as a site where there is a confirmed presence on or in the soil, caused by human activities, of dangerous substances posing a significant risk to human health or the environment.
Eiropas Parlaments uzsver, ka jābūt iespējai piesārņoto vietu sarakstus veidot arī reģionālā līmenī, par to izlemjot pašām dalībvalstīm.