The European Commission (EC) announced the suspension of emergency aid of 125 million euros to compensate the agricultural sector by the Russian veto, for doubting the figures submitted by Poland.
“The Commission suspended the emergency measures for perishable fruits and vegetables and is now trying to design a specific plan,” said spokesman Agriculture, Roger Waite, explaining that requests for some countries are several times the annual average of EU exports.
The demand for some products are superior to the average annual total EU exports to Russia
“The Commission will have serious doubts that the figures presented are realistic and Poland has repeatedly requested the Polish authorities to verify that such values can be monitored and controlled enough in the next six weeks as required by the rules”, have Community sources noted.
Brussels adopted the measure last August 29 to help finance up to 75% of the costs of the recall and free distribution of a number of perishable vegetables and fruits, to make against oversupply caused by the Russian embargo on European products.
“There has been a strong interest of apples and pears sector, but had to be done because of the disproportionate increase in requests” Waite explained.
“The demand for some products are several times higher than the total annual average exports from the EU to Russia,” he added.
New Plan Brussels
The EC has stated that to not jeopardize the effectiveness of the emergency measures and achieve the goal of stabilizing the markets for these products, proposed in the “near future” scheme More specifically, taking into account the experience of the last few weeks.
“The European Commission is committed to supporting producers who have suddenly lost an important market because of the Russian measures,” he declared European Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos.
“I intend to submit a new plan in the coming days which is more specific and efficient,” he assured.
Russia banned imports fruit and vegetables, dairy, fish and meat from USA, Canada, Norway, Australia and the EU on 6 August in retaliation for sanctions against previously agreed for his role in the Ukrainian crisis.
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