I will briefly touch on some of the points that arise from it.

I hope I have covered the most important issues raised.

All of the above has implications for today s challenges.

I shall reply to the various points raised by Mrs Lucas.

I have already addressed some of them in my introductory statement.

I should now like to turn to the issues that the speakers have raised.

I should like to answer three of the points that were raised in this debate.

I shall respond to a number of issues which you have raised.

I believe we have exhausted the topic of the points raised by Mr Ortuondo.

I would like to refer briefly to some of the points raised by the honourable Member.

Anthony Murphy addressed some points raised by Mr Austin.

Let me refer to some of the specific points made in the debate.

Let me also answer some of the points raised during the debate.

The latter the committee fortunately accepted in my proposal.

Mr President, allow me to reply to some of the points that have been raised.

The other issues you raised must be reviewed in the context of this regulation.

However, I would like to expand on some of the issues I have just touched on.

I hope I have dealt with most of the issues you have raised.

I shall summarise at this juncture in response to the precise points that Mr Hyland raised.

These were the main points agreed during the seminar Mr Liese mentioned.

Mr van Iersel then gave the floor to Mr Snoy to answer the various points raised.

We ought to blow our own trumpet when we have got something good to say, as we have in this particular case.

I should like to comment on three important points, in reply to the issues raised by Mr Brok.

Therefore, I will just try to clarify some of the points raised and give the Commission's opinion on those points.

The European Central Bank ( ECB ) welcomes the report of the European Court of Auditors and takes note of the various points raised by the Court .

I feel sure that the new government of Bulgaria will respond positively to the points that I have made.

Let me now say a few words about the Community's level of participation in the various activities that qualify for financial support.

Mr Malosse then gave the floor to the guest speakers so they could respond to the questions and issues raised by members.

I do not wish to revisit the various points made there, except to say that I would like to clear up a misunderstanding which is relevant to this debate.

It is important that this question is down here because I would like to touch on a couple of points that some of my colleagues have raised.

President. Mr Newton Dunn, I think the points raised by Members, especially Mr Harris's point, were valid.

I hope there has been an interpretation error, and that he will clarify the matter in his follow up speech.

I hope that we will then also see a desire to actually make improvements in the areas mentioned by Mrs Langenhagen.

Secondly, the priorities of the budget for 2004 are well set out in the annual policy strategy document in terms of the three points that are made.

By the date mentioned in paragraph 5, we shall not yet be able to use the periodic report, the first of the periodic reports on the socio economic situation in the Community's regions which, in accordance with my proposal, the Commission is to submit after the summer, that is before the end of the year.

The following oral questions were included in the debate oral question (Doc. 1 803 82) by Mr Bonaccini and others to the Council

For example, it appears that a large proportion of the problems connected with the non discharge of T documents are structural in nature, caused by the fact that the certificate of discharge is either not returned by the customs administration of the Member State or only after some delay.

Parliament should also express its appreciation to Mr Bolkestein and his staff, and to the Commission, for responding to the concerns that we raised about these matters.

Those are the most definite and most precise answers I can give you on the three points raised in your oral question.

I shall come back to this matter in a moment, but my group's answers to both those ques tions lead us to question, to say the least, the conclusions in the Key report.

Mr President, we are going to have to wait and see what the Council makes of the points we are raising tonight in relation to the legal basis.

Unfortunately, time does not allow me to deal in detail with all the points raised. I will however make a few remarks I think are relevant.

(a) the stakeholders concerned and addressed

They cover the issue that has been referred to.

I shall endeavour to comment briefly on the matters you raised in your report, particularly on agriculture, services and intellectual property, which were often brought up in the speeches I have just heard.