Mr. Dominic Rihan:

With regard to all of those international agreements, the EU negotiates on behalf of the member states. The EU negotiates on a mandate that is agreed by the members states. I am not answering Senator Boyle's question directly but it is the EU that ultimately signs off on it and the mandate is given to it by the member states. That mandate is something that is rather untransparent. I would say that, outside the walls of Berlaymont, nobody ever sees those mandates.