Je devrais peut-être vous dire, pour vous donner une idée de la situation, que des pays qui ont signé la convention en décembre de l'an dernier avaient, au moment même où ils signaient, des lois permettant aux entreprises de déduire les pots-de-vin comme dépenses d'entreprise légitimes.
I should perhaps tell you, to give you some indication, that there were countries that signed the convention in December of last year that, as they signed the convention, had laws on their books which allowed their companies to deduct bribes as legitimate business expenses in their countries.