Honoured Germany and European Commission -- spoke at length (9)
I believe the answer is:
decorated
'honoured' is the definition.
(decorated can mean given awards or honours)
'germany and european commission spoke at length' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'european commission' becomes 'EC' (abbreviation).
'spoke at length' becomes 'orated' (to orate is to give a speech).
'd'+'ec'+'orated'='DECORATED'
(Other definitions for decorated that I've seen before include "Gothic style following 6 8" , "Adorned, bedecked" , "Awarded medal(s)" , "Painted" , "Ornate" .)