The European Union (EU) has allocated € 442 million as compensation for the withdrawal from the market of 1.6 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables up to 1 April, due to the impact of the Russian veto, which has been in force since August 2014.
Sources from the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Living Plants (Fepex) explained that these figures, provided by the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission (DG Agri), refer to the six exceptional measures approved after the veto for 19 products.
In technical sessions of DG Agri, in which Fepex participated, two of the leaders of Unit G2 (Wine, spirits and horticultural products) reported that the new regulation, that will give continuity to the previous aid, now only needs to be published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU).
Germany, the country with the most consultations on the CAP
At the conference, held between 7 and 9 June, it was announced that the public consultation on the future Common Agricultural Policy (PAC), which took place between 2 February and 2 May, counted with 322,912 opinions, with 97% being individual ones.
The country with the highest contributions has been Germany, with 46% of the total, followed by France, Italy and Spain, the latter with 24,776 responses to the consultation, representing 7.6% of the total.
Source: efeagro.com
