Inden regeringskonferencen blev indkaldt, skulle dette forslag endeligt i fase IV - jeg har i min plan fastlagt flere faser end kommissionsformanden - underkastes en ny diskussion på nationalt plan, som skulle være afsluttet senest midt i 2004.
In stage 4, I am envisaging rather more stages than the Commission President before the Intergovernmental Conference is convened, this proposal would have to be submitted for fresh discussion at national level, which would have to conclude by mid-2004.