Ganske vist fremgår det klart, at de tidligere landbrugskommissærer, hr. MacSherry og hr. Steichen, har et stort ansvar, navnlig for perioden 1990-1994, men den nuværende kommissær, hr. Fischler, skal drages til ansvar for de tydelige fejl, han har begået; han har endog skjult visse forhold, hvilket fremgår af eksistensen af referater, der ikke er blevet stillet til undersøgelsesudvalgets rådighed.
While it would seem that there is no doubt about the political responsibility of the agriculture commissioners, Mr MacSharry and Mr Steichen, especially for the period 19901994, the present Commissioner, Mr Fischler, quite apart from obvious errors for which he must be called to account, has obstructed the proceedings by concealing certain matters, as witness the existence of memoranda that were not sent to the Committee of Inquiry.