European Commission agrees to extend ban on imports from Ukraine to include another product

The European Commission has agreed to introduce a ban on the import of sunflower oil from Ukraine, but transit of this product will be allowed.

Source: European Pravda with reference to a Polish radio station RMF FM, this was stated by Robert Telus, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland.

Telus said that Poland will not abandon the unilateral blockade of Ukrainian imports until Polish conditions are met.

"We are not going to abandon our actions at this moment if we do not receive appropriate tools that will ensure that the Polish farmer is safe when it comes to issues related to trade, the influx of goods from Ukraine to Poland," Telus said in Luxembourg after talks with the European Commission. 

Earlier, the European Commission agreed to introduce a ban on the import of products such as wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds.

"We are still negotiating on other products," the Polish minister said, adding that "in addition to these five, we would like to include flour, honey, sugar, soft fruit (frozen), eggs, meat (especially poultry), milk and dairy products, as well as apple juice and apple concentrate."

As the radio station notes, the European Commission may agree to expand the list of agricultural goods with a ban on imports, help with grain exports or include more agricultural goods in the examination procedure, but the proposed amount of support of 100 million euros is not subject to discussion.

Unofficially, it is known that Polish farmers will receive almost 40 million euros from this fund. Taking into account the possibility of a 200% subsidy from the state budget, this will give a total of 120 million euros.

As reported, the third round of negotiations between Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner for Agriculture, with the ministers of Agriculture of five countries that are struggling with excessive imports of agricultural products from Ukraine ended in failure.

Last week, the European Commission proposed to Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary 100 million euros of support to lift their ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

The EC also agreed to ban the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine until June. But after that, the ministers of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary demanded to expand the list of products that fall under the ban. According to media reports, the list's expansion is beginning to irritate the European Commission.

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