After several years' negotiations and at a moment when all the signs were that the negotiations could be concluded in September 2004, the parties failed to reach agreement and the negotiations were declared 'technically blocked'.
Lai arī viss norādīja uz to, ka apspriedes tiks pabeigtas 2004. gada septembrī, pēc vairākiem pārrunu gadiem puses nespēja noslēgt nolīgumu un sarunas apstājās „tehniskā līmenī”.