Commission suspends emergency measures for perishable fruit and vegetables and will come forward with a more targeted scheme

EU News 377/2014

Brussels, 10 September 2014
IP/14/996

The European Commission has today suspended the emergency market measures for perishable fruit and vegetable markets (worth 125 million €) announced on August 18 in the wake of the Russian measures banning imports of certain EU agricultural products. There has been strong interest from the sectors concerned, but the scheme has to be closed due to a disproportionate surge in claims – for example where the figures submitted for some products are several times higher than the total EU average annual exports to Russia.

In order to prolong the effectiveness of the emergency measures and still achieve the objective of stabilising the markets for these products in all Member States affected by the Russian embargo, the European Commission will come forward with a more targeted scheme in the near future, taking into account the experience of the past weeks.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-996_en.htm?locale=en

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