Rådet, og nu vil jeg tale om den tidligere forvaltning, som kunne have hindret den situation, vi står i i dag, beskar Kommissionens forslag betragteligt og gjorde det således muligt for disse flydende bomber at blive ved med at sejle indtil 2005 i stedet for at have udfaset dem i september 2002, som det ville have været tilfældet, hvis Rådet havde lyttet til Kommissionen.
The Council, and I am now going to refer to its previous management, who could have prevented the current situation from arising, considerably shortened the Commission's proposal, thus allowing floating timebombs to continue sailing until 2005, instead of having taken them out of use in September 2002, which is what would have happened if attention had been paid to the Commission.