translate English to French: The LDCs provision of the EC proposal only related to the issue of legal effects, but if Members wished to address the issue of reservations by them, the establishment of a transitional mechanism could be discussed whereby LDCs which did not exercise their rights to examine the notified geographical indications during the 18-month period would have the opportunity to do so in a manner that would be not be burdensome to their administrations.
Communautés européennes, TN/IP/M/16, paragraphes 110 et 156.