I oktober 2000 modtog vi Kommissionens forslag, i juli 2001 afsluttede Parlamentet førstebehandlingen, den fælles holdning fik vi først den 5. november 2002.
In October 2000, we received the Commission proposal; and Parliament concluded the first reading in July 2001; but it was not until 5 November 2002 that the common position was made known to us.