translate English to French: In June 1999, the first Implementation Conference regarding the Charter took place, which brought together representatives of the Federal Ministries responsible for the protection of languages, similar representatives of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany, representatives of the language groups protected under the Charter, and scholars.
Le thème de la Conférence était le statut d’application de la Charte en Allemagne, les déficits encore observables dans ce domaine et l’élaboration du Rapport national allemand.