<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"1.Can the Commission confirm that at the informal meeting of the Environment Council held on 16, 17 and 18 July 2004 in Maastricht, Netherlands, it put forward, through Commissioner Wallström, its view that public authorities in the EU, which together account for 14% of all national spending, should in future employ only environmentally friendly products, but that such a step would require action including a revision of the European rules on public procurement?  2.Was the one-sided approach taken by the Netherlands in the Environment Council, an approach based on environmental improvements as a means of fostering economic growth and job creation and, as part of that approach, measures to encourage ecologically efficient innovations, the reason behind the strong emphasis on the administrative, legislative and fiscal restrictions hampering environmentally friendly procurement practices?  3.Can the Commission state to what extent the existing rules already restrict environmentally friendly action on the part of public authorities and why such action has thus far frequently proved unsuccessful?  4.What changes would be needed to do away with these restrictions and how would such a step be taken?  5.Does the Commission plan to put forward such changes in the near future?  6.When will Parliament be informed of these worthwhile proposals?  Source: The 19 July 2004 issue of the Netherlands daily newspaper De Volkskrant"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [7]. </s>
1.Can the Commission confirm that at the informal meeting of the Environment Council held on 16, 17 and 18 July 2004 in Maastricht, Netherlands, it put forward, through Commissioner Wallström, its view that public authorities in the EU, which together account for 14% of all national spending, should in future employ only environmentally friendly products, but that such a step would require action including a revision of the European rules on public procurement?  2.Was the one-sided approach taken by the Netherlands in the Environment Council, an approach based on environmental improvements as a means of fostering economic growth and job creation and, as part of that approach, measures to encourage ecologically efficient innovations, the reason behind the strong emphasis on the administrative, legislative and fiscal restrictions hampering environmentally friendly procurement practices?  3.Can the Commission state to what extent the existing rules already restrict environmentally friendly action on the part of public authorities and why such action has thus far frequently proved unsuccessful?  4.What changes would be needed to do away with these restrictions and how would such a step be taken?  5.Does the Commission plan to put forward such changes in the near future?  6.When will Parliament be informed of these worthwhile proposals?  Source: The 19 July 2004 issue of the Netherlands daily newspaper De Volkskrant