I am pleased that today we can bring a successful, lengthy process to its conclusion at first reading, with a large degree of consensus.
The large number of amendments which we shall put forward today in blocked groups reflects the degree of consensus that we ourselves reached.
Regrettably, there is no social consensus on this in these countries.
We know that their introduction will require consensus, but we need a step forward in the right direction.
It was decided by consensus that there were national positions, so the delegations left the room in their national capacities.
The machinery of standardisation is based essentially on consensus between the professionals and the institutes.