The Commission this week finally agreed a package of measures to curb Norwegian salmon dumping…

Date: 05/06/1997

...but only after an almost unprecedented meeting late on Sunday night (1 June) and a split vote. Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock, Social Affairs Commissioner Pádraig Flynn and Fisheries Commissioner Emma Bonino were among those who voted against. In place of its initial proposal to impose an anti-dumping duty of 14.46&percent; on Norwegian salmon, the four-point plan agreed by the Commission involves a minimum price regime, indicative export ceilings, higher Norwegian export taxes and tighter monitoring of fish entering the EU.