Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Due to the elections to the European Parliament taking place around this time, however, Parliament was not able to undertake its examination of these guidelines until after the text had been definitively adopted, in July 1999."
Mais compte tenu de la proximité des élections européennes, ce n' est, en effet, qu' après l' adoption définitive du texte, en juillet 1999, que votre Assemblée a pu entreprendre l' examen de ces orientations.