Yet the Commission cannot even state the exact amount which is given to these companies.

We are thus expecting the Commission to state its position on this.

The Commission is also stating that the numbers are not yet large enough.

Crisis management: the Commission has already stated that there is an emergency plan.

The Commission has already stated that these agreements are not a long-term solution.

I too expect that the Commission will state its position on this issue by 9 October.

I hope that both the Commission and the Council will clearly state their positions on this.

The commission stated that the payments had been made "without any admission of liability".

The final commission stated that the later specification very well could have been influenced by the media reports.

The Commission stated that it "considered the combined use of the five methods to amount to torture".