The European Parliament voted by 157 to 52, with 5 abstentions, to refer the report back to Committee. This followed the Commission's refusal to accept the amendments tabled by the EP. The Parliament had proposed that there should be a transitional period of 10 rather than 6 years as proposed by the Commission to give the ACP producers time to adapt to the new system. It also sought to increase from EUR 275 to EUR 300 per tonne the preference figure for these ACP producers. Amendments were also tabled seeking to establish extra support for organic producers and 'fair trade' bananas. Parliament's Rapporteur was Mr. Michel Dary (PES, F).�