A “exceptional measures” were announced last week to help producers of fruits and vegetables Europe. The European Commission made available, Monday, Aug. 18, 125 million euros to support the vegetable sector, hit by the Russian ban one year on Western food.
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In a statement The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos said “trigger emergency measures to compensate the removal of certain fruit and vegetables to the European market,” to prevent prices collapse
Coming into effect from Monday, these measures the following foods:.
- carrots, tomatoes, cabbages, peppers, cauliflower, cucumbers . and gherkins, mushrooms, apples, pears, berries, table grapes and kiwi
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The spokesman of the Commission for Agriculture said the aim of these measures, funded through a crisis reserve of over 420 million euros per year:
“The budget is about 125 million euros. The idea is to reduce the quantity put on the market so that prices are not falling at a crisis level. “
Once formalized, the next few weeks, they will apply retroactively from August 18 and will remain in effect until the end of November.
Major suppliers of perishable fruits and vegetables to Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Belgium and the Netherlands will be the main beneficiaries of this support, said a European source.
A meeting extraordinary ministers of agriculture to take place on September 5 to take stock of the impact of the Russian embargo. Meanwhile, the Commission has indicated that “would not hesitate to support other sectors” , such as cheese and meat.
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