It is the view of the rapporteaur that until the measures are in place that ensure recovery of the eel stock to abundant and biologically safe levels, all European eel fisheries should be suspended.

The process of stock accumulation and disposal shall be financially transparent.

While radioactive waste should, as far as is compatible with the safe management of such material, be disposed of in the State in which it was generated it is recognized that Member States should promote agreements between themselves in order to facilitate the safe and efficient management of radioactive waste or spent fuel from Member States that produced it in small quantities and where the establishment of appropriate facilities would not be justified from a radiological point of view.

In terms of strategy, the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a management plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea accords with the European policy of seeking to establish a sustainable Community fisheries policy.

74. Notes the danger to the environment resulting from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and, in particular, from stocks of obsolete pesticides; urges the Commission to make the extra effort needed to find sufficient funds under existing instruments for elimination or environmentally sound management of unwanted stocks of POPs and other obsolete pesticides;

- Reiterates its position that greater efforts are needed to lay down Community provisions on control of legal trade in handguns and light weapons plus effective EU controls to combat and eradicate the trade in, and smuggling of, such weapons, so that the transfer of (illegal) weapons and arms from industrialised countries to developing countries is reduced and disarmament developing countries, for example by analogy with the 'food for weapons' programme in Mozambique, can help bring about a tangible improvement in public security in those countries; calls for support for stockpile management and programmes to destroy surplus stocks;