In this task, you are given a sentence in English and your task is to translate it into Spanish. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).

The next item is the debate on the report (A5-0107/1999) by Mr Berend, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the sixth periodic report on the social and economic situation and development of the regions of the European Union [SEC(99)0066 - C5-0120/99 - 1999/2123(COS)].
De conformidad con el orden del día, se procede al debate del informe (A5-0107/1999) del Sr. Berend, en nombre de la Comisión de Política Regional, Transportes y Turismo, sobre el sexto informe periódico sobre la situación y la evolución socioeconómica de las regiones de la Unión Europea [SEC(99)0066 - C5-0120/99 - 1999/2123(COS)].

If this is not to be a mere media event, it will need to be carefully prepared by a joint committee, the composition of which the Portuguese Presidency has already proposed.


The rapporteur, Mr Koch, to whom we express our thanks for the work which he has done on this, has already pointed out that basically everything could have been somewhat more advanced had it not been for the inactivity on the part of the CEN, which has been very dilatory in drawing up and adapting the directive.

El ponente, Sr. Koch, al que damos las gracias por el trabajo que ha llevado a cabo, ha aludido a que en el fondo todo podría estar más avanzado si no existiera esta demora de los CEN que son muy lentos en la elaboración y en la adaptación de la directiva.