Fishery and aquaculture products: common organisation of the markets COM (amend. Regul.n 3759/92/EEC)

Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to two amendments. These amendments aimed to: - link the system of protection to the actual duration of the market crisis. The Commission was responsible for devising a legal procedure to ensure that this compensation mechanism was compatible with the commitments made by the European Union under the GATT Agreement. The Commission accepted this amendment. - increase from 85% to 91% the lower compensation triggering threshold. The Commission did not accept this amendment. �