European Commission, Press release, Brussels, 10 September 2014:
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.
European Commission Dacian Cioloş stated: "The European Commission remains committed to support those producers who have suddenly lost an important market because of the Russian measures. I intend to present a new scheme in the coming days which is more targeted and efficient and which will continue on from this scheme."
Background
On August 18 the Commission
announced emergency market measures worth up to 125m€ to fund
withdrawals (for free distribution or other destinations), green
harvesting and non-harvesting of perishable fruit & vegetable most
immediately impacted by the Russian measures, with a ceiling of 82m€ for
apples & pears and 43m€ for the other fruit & vegetables. More
precisely, the regulation covers tomatoes, carrots, cabbages, sweet
peppers, cauliflowers and headed broccoli, cucumbers and gherkins,
mushrooms, apples, pears, plums, soft fruit, fresh table grapes and
kiwifruit, at the withdrawal prices set in the regulation, open to all
producers, but with a higher level of EU support for those who are
members of Producer Organisations.
The regulation requires Member States to notify the Commission every Monday and Thursday of the volumes so far claimed. The volumes notified by Member States to the Commission on September 8, relating to amounts covered in claims from August 18 to September 3, indicate that the financial ceilings in the Regulation have been reached for apples & pears and for the other products, and so the measure must be suspended.
The regulation requires Member States to notify the Commission every Monday and Thursday of the volumes so far claimed. The volumes notified by Member States to the Commission on September 8, relating to amounts covered in claims from August 18 to September 3, indicate that the financial ceilings in the Regulation have been reached for apples & pears and for the other products, and so the measure must be suspended.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-996_en.htm?locale=en
10/9/14
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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