The EU maintains the ban on Ukrainian grain in five countries until mid-September
Wheat
Poland
Published Jun 6, 2023
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The European Union will progressively eliminate by September 15 the exceptional and temporary preventive measures adopted at the beginning of May on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine, the European Commission reported on Monday. The ban on these cereals in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, adopted on May 2, expired today.
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The Commission, which today expressed its hope that the aforementioned five Member States "do not maintain any restrictive measures" after September 15, justified that now "they continue to be necessary" given "the exceptional circumstances of serious logistical bottlenecks and the limited cereal storage capacity before the harvest season” in the five countries. The phasing out over the next few months of the "temporary and specific" measures will help "address the challenges of getting Ukrainian grain out of the country for this harvest," the Community Executive said in a statement. The veto means that Ukrainian cereals can circulate through Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia to be marketed in other member states or to a country or territory outside the EU, but not sold in those member states. As agreed this Monday, a joint platform has been created to coordinate the efforts of the Commission and the five aforementioned countries, as well as Ukraine, to improve the ...
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