Kommissionen har under hele diskussionen opfattet det som sin rolle at bidrage til at finde en fornuftig og pragmatisk løsning for Reach, en løsning, som holder den rette balance mellem de økonomiske krav og de sundheds- og miljømæssige målsætninger. Vi tror, at denne balance bliver opnået med kompromisforslagene.
From the very beginning of the discussion of REACH, the Commission has always seen itself as having the role of helping to find a rational and pragmatic solution that struck the right balance between the demands of the economy and the objectives associated with health and the environment, and we do believe that these compromise proposals achieve it rather – and let me make this perfectly clear – than weakening the Commission’s original proposal.