Som svar på spørgsmålet fra parlamentsmedlemmet minder formandskabet om, at den politiske situation i Østrig og de bilaterale forholdsregler, der blev vedtaget af de andre medlemsstater i denne forbindelse og dernæst ophævet, ikke henhører under Rådet, eftersom der er tale om bilaterale forholdsregler.
In response to the question posed by Mr Karas, the Presidency-in-Office should like to highlight the fact that the political situation in Austria and the sanctions imposed bilaterally by the other Member States and then lifted were not carried out at the Council' s instigation, precisely because they were bilateral measures.