1.   If the withdrawal is to be largely complete before the dead of winter, the decision date is uncomfortably close.

2.   No decision date has been set, he said.

3.   The agency is also considering postponing its decision date on the crops, said a spokesman, David Deegan.

4.   The EPA is also considering postponing its decision date on the crops, said a spokesman, David Deegan.

5.   The decision date was not fixed by chance.

6.   De Silguy denied that the later decision date opened the door to a fudge on which countries have met the qualifying conditions.