translate English to French: Having said that, it should be noted that as a whole the common position adopted by the Council is unfortunately a long way from the European Parliament's position, and the Commission's position, as amended, after the vote on this directive at first reading in this House, mainly because there were many essential points where it did not even accept the Commission's original position.
Ceci dit, il faut ajouter que la position commune du Conseil est malheureusement assez éloignée de celle du Parlement et de celle, modifiée, de la Commission exécutive après le vote en première lecture, surtout parce que le Conseil n'a pas accepté, sur de nombreux points, la position originelle de la Commission.