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]: En primer lugar, como ha resaltado mi colega el Sr. Bowis, es retroactiva y errónea de principio.
[A]: First of all, as my colleague Mr Bowis has pointed out, it is retrospective and that is wrong in principle.


[Q]: Es un paso atrás.
[A]: It is a retrograde step.


[Q]: En efecto, sólo se admite el derecho a solicitar la autorización a las empresas que obtuvieron la autorización original, pero no a las que puedan haberla obtenido con posterioridad.
[A]:
Only companies which obtained the original authorisation will have the right to apply and companies which obtained authorisation at a later date will be excluded.