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).

No puedo negar que en años pasados hemos observado cierta carencia por parte del Gobierno griego en lo relativo a la aplicación del nuevo reglamento y del reglamento anterior para la participación de los representantes de la sociedad civil.
Why would I not say that we have noticed in previous years, on the part of the Greek Government, some shortcomings in the application of the new Regulation and the previous regulation in terms of involving representatives of civil society?

¿Es necesario recordar que la eficacia de un gasto no se mide por el volumen de los créditos asignados al proyecto?
We should remember that the effectiveness of expenditure is not measured by the volume of funding allocated to the project.

Como resultado de esto, puedo confirmar que la Comisión aprueba, totalmente o en principio, nueve de las catorce enmiendas aprobadas en la comisión.

As a result of this, I can confirm that the Commission wholly or in principle approves nine of the fourteen amendments which have been adopted by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.