Kommissionen havde bebudet sit svar inden udgangen af 1987 ud fra en formodning om, at Det Europæiske Råd ville have udtalt sig om »gennemførelsen af den fælles akt« inden denne dato.
It was announced that the Commission's reply would be ready by the end of 1987 on the assumption that the European Council would have made a statement on 'making a success of the Single Act' by that date.