Parliaments rapporteur, Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL, EL), commented on the compromise: "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.
Savukārt, paužot cerību, ka šādi pasākumi veicinās kultūru dialogu, deputāti atzinīgi vērtē Stambulas apstiprināšanu par 2010. gada Eiropas kultūras galvaspilsētu.