Interestingly, this is a role the Commission has undertaken only in the last few decades.

Furthermore, at the beginning of 2002, the Commission will undertake a public consultation on this subject.

The Commission has undertaken a major action which relates to the public health programme for the years 2000-2008.

If that were not the case, the Commission would not undertake this work.

That is why the Commission has already undertaken a number of information initiatives.

The Commission has undertaken to assess the impact of all these options to allow the best decision to be taken by 2015.

In fact, over the past nine months, the Commission has undertaken a review of the policy.

Can the Commission undertake to ensure that we shall avoid the 1996 situation in 1997?

I wish therefore to ask the Commission to undertake effective action in that direction.

With this in mind, we therefore ask the Commission to undertake an impact study of the changes brought about by the 1997 directive.