The European Commission said on Friday that it extended for another year the safety net measures for the fruit and vegetables sector of the EU affected by the Russian ban on food imports.
The safety net measures were introduced in 2014 in response to the Russian ban on imports of EU fruit and vegetables and were extended a year ago. Now, they are being extended until the end of June 2017, the Commission said in a statement.
The measures aim to alleviate market pressure for the fruits and vegetables that were previously exported to Russia. More than 1.13 million tons of fruits …read more
Source: Novinite
