Polish government to extend import ban on Ukrainian grain if EU does not
The Polish government has adopted a resolution on extending the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain after the end of restrictions at the level of the European Union on 15 September.
Source: European Pravda citing RMF24
Details: The Council of Ministers of Poland at a meeting on 12 September adopted a resolution "regarding actions aimed at continuing precautionary measures regarding the import of certain types of agricultural products from Ukraine".
Quote: "The Council of Ministers calls on the European Commission to extend the ban on grain imports from Ukraine after September 15.
Otherwise, Poland will introduce its own ban at the national level. The ban will remain in effect until the settlement of relations in agrarian issues between Poland and Ukraine...
The government cannot agree to Ukrainian grain destabilising the domestic agricultural market. We help our neighbours, but we have to protect Polish farmers."
Background:
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland will not allow itself to be "flooded with Ukrainian grain" regardless of Brussels' decision on Ukrainian agricultural products imports.
- Ukraine stated that the unilateral extension of the ban would violate the rules of the common market and the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
- Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Ukraine will request the arbitration of the World Trade Organisation if Poland blocks the export of Ukrainian grain.
Read more: September 15 Crisis: New Test for Ukraine-Poland Relations
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