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).

Q: El tema se ha planteado conforme al procedimiento de codecisión y en la primera lectura ya hemos podido adoptar una legislación importante y más ajustada.

A: The topic has been brought under the codecision procedure and as a result, we have been able to draft important, more stringent legislation as early on as at first reading.
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Q: ¿Podría explicar la Comisión la razón de la larga gestación de este proyecto que, en principio, debería haberse concretado ya en 1998?

A: Can the Commission account for the lengthy gestation of this draft, which should in theory have emerged in its final form in 1998?
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Q: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, queridos colegas, al leer las octavillas que se han repartido en las últimas semanas, puede pensarse que aquí discutimos sobre el campo ecológico o sobre la muerte de la industria automovilística en Europa.

A:
Mr President, Commissioner, reading the leaflets which have been distributed in recent weeks, one would think that we were talking about the ultimate environmental catastrophe or the death of the car industry in Europe.
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