As result of these votes, the principle of a "hierarchy (in the treatment) of waste" is for the first time laid down in a piece of draft legislation as well as in the "thematic strategy", which will give rise to other, more specific, measures in future.
Atbilstoši pieņemtajiem grozījumiem dalībvalstis "veic visus vajadzīgos pasākumus, lai līdzsvarotu kopējo atkritumu rašanos līdz 2010. gadam, salīdzinot ar kopējo atkritumu rašanos 2008. gadā".