MR BERGER
That is in essence the argument, Chairperson, but if I could just by way of introduction state that what we have before us at the moment in the bundles are fifteen applications as you correctly point out, Chairperson, which were submitted only in February of 1998.  Those are fresh applications, they start the proceedings from the beginning.  There is no question or no reference in any of these applications, the ones that are before the Committee that they refer in some way to the applications which were lodged in May 1997.  So the first point I want to make is that they are fresh applications.