This will also allow those Member States who already have more ambitious legislation in force to keep that legislation where it is appropriate and not, as would be the case with the current Common Position, force them to lower their environmental standards to a common (lower) EU level.
This will also allow those Member States who already have more ambitious legislation in force to keep that legislation where it is appropriate and not, as would be the case with the current Common Position, force them to lower their environmental standards to a common (lower) EU level.