i) l’inertie des États membres qui, en 1999, n'ont toujours pas ratifié des conventions signées depuis plusieurs années et qui restent sans effet (telles que celles sur la protection des intérêts financiers (1995), les procédures d’extradition (1995 et 1996), la coopération douanière (1996) et la corruption (1997),
the inertia displayed by those Member States which, in 1999, still did not ratify conventions which had been signed several years previously and which have still not taken effect (such as those on the protection of financial interests (1995), extradition procedures (1995 and 1996), customs cooperation (1996) and corruption (1997)),