Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to quote from the first chapter, which covers Atlantic offshore oil and gas activities. It is about the boards' response. It states:
The boards' practice [...] is to ensure that the results of up-to-date SEAs are known either ahead of the issuance of a call for bids, or sufficiently in advance of the closing of a call for bids and ahead of irrevocable decisions that would be taken by bidders and by the boards.
Yet in the report, you say that in the four cases examined, the boards had launched a call for bids before the assessment was completed. In one case, you even noted that the board responsible had granted exploration permits before the assessment was completed.
I would like to hear your comments on that.