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: Las consideraciones relativas a la concentración en las tareas fundamentales de la Comisión que expone usted en su programa sólo pueden ser un primerísimo paso inicial.

SOLUTION: What you say in your programme about concentrating on the core functions of the Commission is only the beginning.

PROBLEM: Interreg III, apartado A, permitiría a esas regiones sacar adelante una serie de proyectos estructurantes necesarios para el desarrollo de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, así como para la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico mediante la transferencia de conocimientos.

SOLUTION: It also has excellent cultural and relational links, through twinnings for example. INTERREG III, strand A, would allow the regions in this area to advance a number of structural projects needed to develop small and medium-sized undertakings and to promote research and technical development through knowledge transfer.

PROBLEM: Lamento que el Parlamento no haya sido informado de la evolución del programa anterior, lo que habría permitido obtener una eficacia óptima en las nuevas medidas aplicadas, pero sé de la dificultad de esta operación.

SOLUTION:
I regret that Parliament was not informed about the appraisal of the previous programme, which would have enabled the new measures implemented to reach optimum efficiency, but I acknowledge that this was not an easy operation.