The Commission accepted Parliament's amendment reducing the deadline for the entry into force of the Regulation from twelve months to ninety days and amended its proposal accordingly, but was unable to accept Parliament's other amendments. However, the Commission emphasized that there was a consensus on the urgent need for a satisfactory regulatory framework at Community level for novel foods and that it would therefore cooperate constructively with the institutions during the remaining stages of the decision procedure and use every available means for resolving outstanding problems.�