But the European Parliament and the Council, in their efforts to strike a balance between health standards and the need to avoid administrative and financial burdens, had stuck to their different positions at the end of the second reading of the co-decision procedure.
ES Kaimiņattiecību politikā ir iesaistītas visas ES kaimiņvalstis, izņemot kandidātvalstis Bulgāriju, Rumāniju, Turciju, Horvātiju un potenciālās kandidātvalstis Rietumbalkānos, kuru attiecībām izveidotas citas sadarbības struktūras.