En harmonisering af lovgivningen har været et vigtigt element for Kommissionen for at gøre det lettere at gennemføre lovgivningen hurtigt, naturligvis forudsat at dette kan opnås med et højt miljømæssigt ambitionsniveau.
It has been important to the Commission to bring about a harmonisation of the legislation so as to make it easier to introduce the legislation quickly, provided of course that this can be done in a way that is in keeping with a high level of ambition in environmental terms.