Finally, although she wishes to retain Article 95 of the Treaty as the sole legal basis for the proposal for a directive, in keeping with the opinion delivered by the Committee on Legal Affairs on 26 February 2004, your rapporteur takes the view that provision must be made for derogations for the Member States, given that environmental problems frequently differ from one European region to another.
Finally, although she wishes to retain Article 95 of the Treaty as the sole legal basis for the proposal for a directive, in keeping with the opinion delivered by the Committee on Legal Affairs on 26 February 2004, your rapporteur takes the view that provision must be made for derogations for the Member States, given that environmental problems frequently differ from one European region to another.