European Commission, Press release, Brussels, 18 August 2014:
"In the context of Russian
restrictions on imports of EU agricultural products and following on
from last week’s Management Committee meeting discussion of the market
situation, the European Commission is moving as from today to introduce
support measures for certain perishable fruits & vegetables.
Commenting on the decision, Dacian Cioloș, EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner, stated: “Taking
into account the market situation following the Russian restrictions on
imports of EU agricultural products, with effect from today, I am
triggering CAP emergency measures which will reduce overall supply of a
number of fruit and vegetable products on the European market as and
when price pressures become too great in the coming months. All farmers
of the concerned products - whether in producer organisations or not -
will be eligible to take up these market support measures where they see
fit. Acting early will provide an efficient support to the price paid
to producers on the internal market, help the market adjust and be cost
effective."
Background
- The products concerned by the measures announced today are the following: tomatoes, carrots, white cabbage, peppers, cauliflowers, cucumbers, and gherkins, mushrooms, apples, pear, red fruits, table grapes and kiwis. The markets for these products are in full season, with no storage option for most of them and no immediate alternative market available.
The exceptional measures
announced today will include market withdrawals especially for free
distribution, compensation for non-harvesting and green harvesting. The
financial assistance will cover all producers whether they are organised
in producers organisation or not. The measures will have a retroactive
affect as from August 18. In other words, any volumes withdrawn from
today onwards (or subject to green harvesting or the other measures)
will already be covered by these additional measures, subject to the
necessary controls. These measures will apply until the end of November
with a budget foreseen of €125 million.
The ongoing market situation for
all products will be discussed in another meeting with Member State
experts and experts from the European Parliament scheduled to take place
in Brussels on Friday.
The European Commission will
continue following markets development for all the sectors affected by
the Russian ban on agriculture and food products in close contacts with
Member States and will not hesitate to support further sectors heavily
dependent on exports to Russia or to adapt the measures already
announced, if necessary."
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-932_en.htm?locale=en
18/8/14
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Further €165 million package for perishable fruit & vegetable market support.....
ReplyDeleteThe European Commission has today adopted a new programme for emergency market measures for perishable fruit & vegetables in the wake of the Russian ban on imports of certain EU agricultural products. Worth up to €165 million, this new scheme provides support to withdraw surplus volumes from the market and comes in addition to the programme worth up to €125 million € for fruit & vegetables that was announced on August 18, but suspended on September 10 because provisional applications showed that the full budget allocation had already been claimed. In order to be better targeted, the new scheme includes an annex outlining eligible volumes in individual Member States with specific figures per product group. These volumes are based on export volumes for this period in the last 3 years with amounts deducted to take account of volumes already claimed under the first €125 million scheme. The new plan also includes oranges, mandarins and clementines for the first time.
Confirming the programme today, EU agricultural commissioner Dacian Cioloş stated: "I am pleased that the Commission has managed to mobilise a further €165 million to help ease the market pressure for fruit and vegetable growers following the Russian ban. This programme will be more targeted than the initial scheme, although there is still some flexibility within the 4 product groups. These market support measures will provide short-term relief."....................http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1061_en.htm?locale=en
29/9/14