Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan met Norway’s foreign and fisheries ministers

Date: 10/04/1997

this week to hear their concerns over his proposals to impose 13.7&percent; duties on Norwegian salmon imports. But Brittan's spokesman stressed the Commission would not be influenced by outside political pressures. Member states have given a mixed response to the plan. Sources suggest that Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden are sceptical about the scheme because of its potential effects on the processing industry.