they had maintained
-avaient maintenu
Past perfect they conjugation of maintain.

maintain

Generally speaking, they had maintained that the submission of multi-year payment plans should be made more formal than was currently the case, although their views on the modalities of implementation differed.
De manière générale, elles souhaitent que la présentation d'échéanciers de paiements pluriannuels prenne la forme d'un mécanisme plus officiel qu'à l'heure actuelle, bien que leurs vues diffèrent sur les modalités de sa mise en oeuvre.
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