Act fast to e vitar contagion to other markets and a drop in overall prices. This is the agreement that the government and agricultural organizations reached for mitigate the harms of prohibition Russian import various food products in countries of the EU . To accomplish Spain prompted the European Commission to the recall of production surplus fruit and vegetables vetoed by Russia, announced on Monday the Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, at the meeting with representatives the sector. The aim is to prevent oversupply causes a domino effect with falling prices in other export markets. To offset losses from disposal of these products, the Executive also look to Brussels. Specifically, at the bottom of European crisis management adopted by the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and should bear the costs of the losses caused by such withdrawal.
According to government estimates, the Russian ban fresh produce (fruit, vegetables, fish, beef and dairy) will have an impact of 337 million euros in Spain (5.252 million at the community level). However, agricultural organizations fear that the damage goes beyond products banned because it could infect prices exported in other countries . In fact, there are currently stored 50,000 tons of fruit, according to industry sources. Some perishable goods that need to be placed in alternative markets and withdrawn. “This is the first and most urgent measure that Spain will ask the Commission, ‘said Tejerina. In fact, the minister recalled that the Government had agreed to the removal of 10,000 tons of peaches and apricots, which are designed to last used for humanitarian aid and food banks. “will request the Commission to extend this measure withdrawing in terms of volume and in terms of sectors affected fruit “ said the minister.
In fact, the meeting served to fix the position that Spain will at its meeting next Thursday was held in Brussels to discuss the matter. Tejerina insisted that the ban “affecting the entire EU” and therefore, it is the Commission which is responsible to take action. However, he stressed that if necessary, the Government would take “additional measures”, but did not specify which ones. Also noted that Tejerina ‘medium term’ continue to work to “find alternative markets” for these products.
“Emergency Plan”
Meanwhile, the agricultural organizations emphasized the need to act immediately and urged government and EU solve the problem. “If a political decision is what has put us in check, must be policy measures which give solutions, “ said the secretary general of the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG), Miguel Blanco, for whom the withdrawal is” essential because there was drift falling prices. ” In his opinion, you can not ‘minimizing’ the problem and should make a “shock plan” to recover markets.
From UPA, its secretary general, Lorenzo Ramos, said to an “exceptional” situation must be put “immediate” “exceptional” measures and therefore considered that the EU should decide Thursday eliminate fruit production lines and enable aid to those producers. In that sense, the president of the Agricultural Association of Young Farmers (Asaja), Pedro Barato, reiterated that the EU can not ‘delay’ decisions. In any case, next Monday the minister and industry organizations will meet again to assess the situation.
However, the messages transmitted from Brussels yesterday ruled immediate action and threaten to become entangled in the usual bureaucracy decisione shots s. “We can support farmers if there are problems, but we need to first analyze the potential impact» , Agriculture spokesman said the EU executive, Roger Waite. In his opinion, it is still “too early” to discuss exact amounts of compensation. Waite referred to what they agreed on Thursday at the meeting of the Management Committee with the States, although it gave a clear message: “The question of compensation is going to last much longer”
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