It could have been finished as far back as 1997, but even though it is late, it could at least have clarified the wording of certain articles of the directive and defined the many undefined concepts which have given rise to numerous interpretations. Among the various missing data which would have been useful, it could also have provided the results of the questionnaires sent to the Member States and the results of the coordination of relevant laws and activities by the European Standardisation Centre.
Rapporten skulle allerede have set dagens lys i 1997, men selv om den er forsinket, burde den i det mindste have rettet op på den noget vage formulering i nogle af direktivets artikler og have defineret de mange uklare begreber, der har givet anledning til mange forskellige fortolkninger, for slet ikke at tale om, at nogle af de nyttige oplysninger, som mangler, er resultaterne af de spørgeskemaer, der er udsendt til medlemsstaterne, samt resultaterne af Den Europæiske Standardiseringsorganisations lovgivningsmæssige samordning og aktiviteter i forbindelse hermed.