In its initial proposal, the Commission had suggested limiting checks to surface water, i.e. not biotas (living organisms) and sediments, except for three substances that are more hazardous than others when they accumulate in the food chain: mercury, hexachlorobenzene, and hexachlorobutadien.
Jean-Marie LE PEN (Identitātes, tradīciju un suverenitātes grupa) norādīja, ka, atgriežoties pie Konstitucionālā līguma, tiek pārkāpti demokrātijas principi.