Maria Kniazeva. The European Commission (EC) wants to increase above a set maximum amount of aid to producers of perishable fruits and vegetables to 165 million euros, said Last news source in the European Commission.
The EC last week submitted a Proposal to extend for six months the action mechanism of support for this sector of agriculture in the EU suffering from food embargoes of the Russian Federation, introduced in response to punishment.
" The Commission's proposal concerns the prolongation of the validity period of the existing scheme, without additional financial coverage, " said the head of the Department.
The U.S., EU, Canada, Australia and some other countries first introduced penalties on the Russian politicians, entrepreneurs and organizations because of the position of the capital of the Russian crisis on Ukraine. For example, Under the American punishment were the largest state-owned banks, among them dominant in the Russian banking industry Sberbank.
Russia in the last month of summer year banned the import of some food items from countries that have imposed the punishment is relatively capital of Russia, and among them, from the European Union. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausage, seafood, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products. Import meat offal and fat Under embargo did not get.
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