Restore controls facing rubbish European (9)
I believe the answer is:
reinstate
'restore' is the definition.
(I know that reinstate is a more specific form of the action restore)
'controls facing rubbish european' is the wordplay.
'controls' becomes 'reins' (take the reins).
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rubbish' becomes 'tat' (tat can mean rubbish or poor-quality material).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'reins'+'tat'+'e'='REINSTATE'
(Other definitions for reinstate that I've seen before include "Put back into office" , "Put back in position" , "Restore to former post" , "Restore to a former condition" , "Re-establish" .)