Hvis tiltrædelsesdatoen eller antallet af nye medlemsstater ændres? Kan nogen nu i efteråret 1997 garantere, at de kender vores fremtidige partneres behov, endsige indholdet af tiltrædelsestraktaterne, uden at kende de eventuelle overgangsperioder for hvert land og sektor?
If the accession date or the number of new Member States changes, can anybody be sure now, in autumn 1997, what our future members' requirements would be, without even knowing the content of the accession treaties, or what the transitional periods will be - if there are any - for each country and sector?