Ajoutons à cela les plans d'action (avec des objectifs de résultat souvent clairs et chiffrés) déjà mis en place dans certains États membres (Benelux; France, landers allemands...) et l'on comprend aisément les réserves exprimées par le Parlement européen.
It was chance timing that the Action Plan was submitted just a few months prior to the ambitious declaration issued by the 52 European environment and health ministers at the Budapest conference organised by the WHO in June 2004. If we also take into consideration the action plans (often containing clear, quantified targets) which have already been introduced in certain Member States (the Benelux countries, France and the German Länder), the reservations expressed by the European Parliament are readily understood.