TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: Así es, aunque los miembros de la organización son los Estados de la Unión y no la UE.

SOLUTION: This is the case, in spite of the fact that it is not the EU, but only the Member States, which belong to the organisation.

PROBLEM: Dios me libre de hacer ningún comentario a la situación que plantea el Sr. Berenguer.

SOLUTION: As such, I would prefer to withhold any comment on the situation which Mr Berenguer has just described.

PROBLEM: Algunas de estas empresas se han convertido en empresas punta, porque han conseguido reciclar determinados materiales, incluso materiales que no están incluidos en la directiva.

SOLUTION:
Some businesses have become hi-tech businesses, because they managed to recycle certain materials, even materials which are not yet included in the directive.