The EU maintains the ban on Ukrainian grain in five countries until mid-September
Canola Seed & Rapeseed
Poland
Published Jun 7, 2023
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The European Union is going to gradually 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. cereals in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, adopted on May 2, expired on Monday. The Commission, which has shown 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," said the Community Executive in a statement. The veto implies that Ukrainian grain can circulate by ...
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