Press Release: Further €165 million package for perishable fruit & vegetable market support.

The European Commission adopted on the 30 September 2014 a new programme for emergency market measures for perishable fruit and 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 2014, but suspended on September 10 2014 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.

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Commission suspends emergency measures for perishable fruit and vegetables and will come forward with a more targeted scheme http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-suspends-emergency-measures-for-perishable-fruit-and-vegetables-and-will-come-forward-with-a-more-targeted-scheme/

EurActiv, 01.10.14: EU farmers get another €165 million of aid after Russian food ban http://www.euractiv.com/sections/europes-east/eu-farmers-get-another-eu165-million-aid-over-russian-food-ban-308833

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