Europa-Parlamentet burde hellere, og selvsagt med tilfredshed, konstatere, at stats- og regeringscheferne har lagt sig fast på, at der inden udgangen af 2002 skal være indgået en samlet aftale om skattepakken (beskatning af renteindtægter fra opsparing, selskabsbeskatning, renter og gebyrer).
Parliament should rather have noted, with satisfaction, of course, the determination of the Heads of State and Government to reach an integral agreement on the taxation package as a whole (taxation of savings income, business taxation, interest and royalties) at the end of 2002 at the latest.