Efter vedtagelsen af dette udkast har Kommissionen indledt en høring af medlemsstaterne og Europa-Parlamentet, der resulterede i vedtagelsen den 15. april 2000 af den endelige udgave af retningslinjerne for EQUAL.
Once these proposals had been adopted, the Commission began consultations with the Member States and the European Parliament, and the final version of the guidelines for Equal was adopted on 15 April 2000.