The President of the Veneto Regional Council, Mr Roberto Ciambetti, welcomed the new proposal for a regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses, but underlines that the rules need to be "clear, certain and simple, so that they do not lend themselves to different interpretations by individual Member States and place excessive burden on the public administrations involved". The opinion calls for effective assistance measures to support the entities subject to these obligations – particularly small and micro enterprises – in meeting the requirements and in making the necessary investments.

Mr Ciambetti agrees that timely action needs to be taken to deal with the problem of microplastic losses, which is having an increasingly significant impact on local communities, both from an environmental point of view and from the point of view of socio-economic activities. However, he emphasized that measures need to be "rational and balanced, and should not follow the logic of emergency". In order to protect competitiveness, jobs and consumers, the rapporteur stated that measures need to be "fit for purpose, technically feasible and economically viable".

The rapporteur warned that the EU trade policy must ensure there are no unfair advantages for producers and carriers from third countries with significantly lower standards. In this regard, Mr Ciambetti is calling on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to establish measures regarding the maritime transport of pellets as soon as possible and urge to "step up negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution".