Translation of "Datum nennen" in English

Second, will you name a date for Macedonia this year?

We cannot give you an actual date, of course.

Where appropriate, the tender notice may specify a date before which any delivery will be considered premature.

You want me to pick a date?

If the police had not seized my papers, I could give you the exact date.

I am afraid that I cannot give you a concrete date now as I was not expecting this question.

I will not be absolutely specific about a date, because I have no wish to mislead the House, even to the extent of nominating a month, but I can assure Mr Morris that the proposals will be forthcoming.

Is there any reason to review that position and now to say it is better to set dates after all?

Indeed, if there is one lesson we have learned from the accession of Romania and Bulgaria, it is this: that we should not be giving a specific date.

One is indeed struck by the optimism which is taking possession of those involved: the naming of the date 2004 suggests that the work is nearly finished.

Ten countries will be able to join the EU from 2004, two countries from 2007, and Turkey will probably be given a date for its next meeting.

I am resolutely in favour of setting one date, i.e. the date by which the European Union will have completed its reforms and will therefore be ready to receive new members.

However, I think we must be very cautious about specifying a date in the very near future.

Could you give a date on which we can specifically introduce a very practical policy, for example a policy with hours instead of days, so that someone who sets sail in the evening and only actually starts working the next day is then dealt with according to the number of hours?

Mr de Rossa, I am not currently in a position to give you the precise date because I do not have the documents here and I cannot simply conjure a date out of nowhere.

Since I do not wish to give you an imprecise date, I suggest that I look into this further because I do not have the documents here that would allow me to give a precise answer as to when the Council asked the Commission to present an amended proposal.

Could you tell us the date when it was requested, as others have asked?

I accept your invitation, therefore, in principle, although at this point, I am unable to give you a firm date.

As regards Turkey, I also agree that the time has not yet come to give that country a date, but I think that the right thing to do would be to give it a date for a date; in other words, set a combination of a timetable and a roadmap.

On the basis of that evaluation, as well as the commitments laid down in the Agreement and the guarantees provided by the United States, it is appropriate to lift the restrictions on the introduction into the Union of commodities referred to above from the State of Minnesota and to indicate the date as of when that State may again be considered free of HPAI and imports into the Union of commodities originating from Minnesota should again be authorised.

Since it is difficult for a third party to determine the reference date indicating the duration of protection for an Unregistered Community Design, it is suggested that the holder of an Unregistered Community Design should be required to communicate the date.

Since it is difficult for a third party to determine the reference date indicating the duration of protection for an Unregistered Community Design, it is suggested that the holder of an Unregistered Community Design should be required to communicate the date from which protection is effective to any person so asking.

That list should clearly describe the primary products, specifying conditions of their uses and the dates from which the authorisations are valid.

This will, of course, be done in accordance with the timetable adopted for this regu­lation, but I cannot give an exact date and, with the honourable Member's approval, I would therefore prefer to answer his question in writing.