In the specific case of the directive on PCBs and PCTs, it emerged from the discussions in connection with the final adoption of the directive by the Council that a declaration which had been drawn up at the start of the negotiations - in January 1995, before the Council adopted the code of conduct later that year and thus during the previous Commission - was unsatisfactory from the point of view of legal certainty.
I det konkrete tilfælde med direktivet om PCB og PCT fremgik det af drøftelserne i forbindelse med Rådets endelige vedtagelse heraf, at en erklæring, som var blevet udarbejdet i starten af forhandlingerne, dvs. januar 1995, inden Rådet i 1995 vedtog adfærdskodeksen og altså under den tidligere Kommission, ikke var tilfredsstillende, hvad retssikkerheden angik.