(7) For at sikre proportionalitet i reduktionen af antallet af økopoint bør antallet af økopoint, der er tildelt de medlemsstater, som har bidraget mest til overskridelsen af 8 %-tærsklen, formindskes for at sikre, at den samlede nedskæring realiseres.
(7) Proportionality of the reduction of ecoponts also requires that those Member States who contributed most to the 8 % threshold being exceeded should have their allocations of ecopoints cut to ensure that the total reduction is met.