Given that current arrangements, particularly those for ‘de minimis’ aid, are proving completely inadequate as a means of safeguarding the Community fishing industry, measures must be taken in the immediate, medium and long terms to support this sector of vital importance to the European Union.
Eiropas Komisija 2005.gada septembrī ierosināja 1975. gada atkritumu direktīvu pārstrādāt, galvenokārt lai samazinātu atkritumu aizvien augošo daudzumu un liktu dalībvalstīm izstrādāt saistošus nacionālos plānus.