Regionsudvalget opfordrede Kommissionen til ved udformningen af' EU's miljøpolitik at tage hensyn til principperne i de europæiske regioners miljø­charter, der blev undertegnet i Valencia i november 1995 af repræsentanter for over 50 regioner i EU.
Signed in Valencia in November 1995 by the representatives of over 50 Euro pean Union regions, the Charter stresses the role of the regions in the framing and implementation of Community environment policy, and the need to take into consideration the wide variety of regional situations, and calls for the objectives of environmental conservation, protection and improvement to be incorporated in the various sectoral policies.