The committee stresses the need for full implementation of freedom of navigation in the Baltic Sea, including the Vistula Lagoon and Kaliningradzkij Zaliv, and free passage through the Pilava Strait/Baltijskij Proliv.
Tā noteica ES ziemeļvalstu sadarbību ar Baltijas valstīm un Poliju, kuras toreiz bija ārpus ES, ar Krieviju, Norvēģiju, Islandi, arī attiecības ar ASV un Kanādu.