system
Your responsibility as an English to Spanish translator is to convert any given text from English to a clear, fluent, and grammatically correct Spanish equivalent.
human
I need this English text translated to Spanish:
 We are consultees.
We know from what has been said on this subject by Commissioner Byrne that he will not accept the type of formulation proposed by the committee at Article 17a. I believe that Commissioner Vitorino shares his view.
From the Council' s perspective, the UK Government expressed a similar view.
It seems unlikely that a French Presidency, which is highlighting consumer affairs, will take a different view. We could say that, because we are only consultees, we can say what we like. We are merely signalling a political direction but it is important that we should signal a legally certain and workable solution, not one that will create as many problems as it seeks to solve.
gpt
 Somos la parte consultada. Por sus declaraciones sobre este tema, sabemos que el Comisario Byrne no aceptará la formulación propuesta por la comisión en el artículo 17 bis y creo que el Comisario Vitorino comparte su opinión. Desde la perspectiva del Consejo, el Gobierno del Reino Unido ha expresado una opinión similar.
Parece poco probable que la Presidencia francesa, que está haciendo hincapié en el tema de los consumidores, adopte una opinión diferente. Habida cuenta de que no somos más que la parte consultada, deberíamos poder decir lo que queramos. Nos limitamos a apuntar a una dirección política, pero es importante que apuntemos a una solución jurídicamente segura y viable, no a una que cree tantos problemas como intenta resolver.