Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Having given itself real teeth last year and called in notifications of FFH areas for the joint "Natura 2000" project which had been overdue for years, the Commission has now tripped itself up by accepting that notifications can be submitted ex-post."
Après avoir réellement encouragé et enfin exigé l'année dernière la notification tant attendue des zones FFH pour le projet "Natura 2000", la Commission a soudain fait volte-face en acceptant que ces notifications puissent être différées.