At a meeting with the Commission in January 1990 and in subsequent correspondence, the Irish Presidency pressed for the prompt submission to the Council of a proposal on a Community eco-labelling system. A Resolution on Waste Policy, advanced by the Irish Presidency and adopted by the Council of Environment Ministers on 22 March 1990, brought the matter further by inviting the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals for ecological criteria for products and a supplementary Community-wide eco-labelling system.