En l’occurrence, je pense que la Commission a agi correctement, bien qu’assez tardivement.
And in this case, I believe that the Commission has done that, although perhaps rather belatedly.
En raison de la rapidité de la discussion, je n'ai sans doute discuté qu'assez tardivement de la question avec quelques experts finlandais.
Perhaps rather tardily in view of the speed with which the report is being dealt with, I have also discussed this issue with various Finnish experts.
Nous n' avons reçu, à propos des régions ultrapériphériques, les mémorandums des différents gouvernements qu' assez tardivement, mais ce n' est pas forcément une excuse, c' est une explication.
Concerning the most remote regions, it was only quite belatedly that we received the memorandums from the various governments, but this is not necessarily an excuse, just an explanation.