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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).
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La Comisión considera que la Convención encargada de la elaboración de la Carta de Derechos Fundamentales debe respetar el mandato que le encomendó el Consejo Europeo de Colonia.
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The Commission considers that the Convention responsible for drawing up the Charter of Fundamental Rights must respect the mandate given by the Cologne European Council.


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Esta situación es particularmente grave para países como Portugal, en el que las pensiones y las jubilaciones mínimas poco superan la mitad del salario mínimo nacional, que, a su vez, es el más bajo de toda la Unión Europea.
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This situation is particularly serious in countries such as Portugal where the minimum pensions and pension schemes are barely more than half of the minimum national wage which in turn, is the lowest in the whole of Europe.


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Respecto de la aplicación -más específicamente- de ese principio de cooperación en el marco del próximo marco comunitario de apoyo para Grecia, la Comisión ha podido comprobar que, en la elaboración del plan griego de desarrollo regional para el período 2000-2006, se recurrió a las autoridades públicas.
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With regard to the specific application of this partnership principle within the next Community support framework for Greece, the Commission has noted that the public authorities were largely involved during the preparation of the Greek regional development plan for the 2000-2006 period.