MEPs also urged the Commission to " increase substantially the maximum area eligible for additional aid and the level of payment ," and pointed to its recent demand that " aid granted in respect of land used to grow energy crops to be increased to € 80 per year, on the basis of a maximum guaranteed area of 2 200 000 hectares ."
Ar izejvielām, kas iegūti no augiem, piemēram, kaņepju un linu šķiedrām, ieteikts aizvietot tradicionālā veidā iegūtās minerālšķiedras, ko izmanto plastmasas, eļļu un izolācijas materiālu ražošanā.