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I'm sorry for the late response. The resolution under discussion today constitutes Parliament's rather late response to the Commission's initiative of last year. Sorry for ruining your wedding dress. promoting international coordination of disaster response. Sorry for disturbing you during breakfast. Sorry for the rude awakening.	Late replies occur in all Member States but their frequency varies significantly between Member States. He left twenty minutes late and he was very sorry not to have been here to hear your reply. The statistics that are collected annually and presented in the SCAC meetings, reveal a problem of late replies. Subject: Late replies to requests for information on value added tax Late replies' notifications were sent in 3 out of 57 cases not answered on time which were examined by the Court. I apologize for the late reply. Statistics from Member States for 2006 showed that in only 5 % of all cases (737 out of 14565 late replies) had delays been notified to the requesting authorities. The exchange of information upon request, a major instrument of administrative cooperation between Member States, is affected by a high proportion of late replies and by the absence of interim replies.

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Sorry for late reply.

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I'm sorry for the late response.
The resolution under discussion today constitutes Parliament's rather late response to the Commission's initiative of last year.
Sorry for ruining your wedding dress.
promoting international coordination of disaster response.
Sorry for disturbing you during breakfast.
Sorry for the rude awakening.

Late replies occur in all Member States but their frequency varies significantly between Member States.
He left twenty minutes late and he was very sorry not to have been here to hear your reply.
The statistics that are collected annually and presented in the SCAC meetings, reveal a problem of late replies.
Subject: Late replies to requests for information on value added tax
Late replies' notifications were sent in 3 out of 57 cases not answered on time which were examined by the Court.
I apologize for the late reply.
Statistics from Member States for 2006 showed that in only 5 % of all cases (737 out of 14565 late replies) had delays been notified to the requesting authorities.
The exchange of information upon request, a major instrument of administrative cooperation between Member States, is affected by a high proportion of late replies and by the absence of interim replies.