The European Commission proposed a solution to the problem of farmers in Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia, who were affected by grain imports from Ukraine.
This is reported by "Free Europe".
The document studied by the publication shows that the European Commission will ask the five countries of the European Union, which have suffered from the prices of Ukrainian grain, to allow only the transit of grain to other countries of the world, without the sale of products on their territory.
The draft law being discussed in Brussels narrows the range of products for which the agreement will be concluded to wheat, corn, canola and sunflower. And limits the period to June 30.
Ministers responsible for trade from the five EU countries, which have completely or partially banned the supply of Ukrainian grain, will meet today in Brussels with Ukrainian officials to discuss the solution proposed by the European Commission, the sources of "Free Europe" inform.
European authorities will propose that the cargo be either sealed or tracked using GPS, they said, so it can be demonstrated that the product was not unpacked in transit and did not affect local markets in the countries through which it passed.
This measure can be implemented within 24 hours, as soon as the European institutions receive Ukraine's consent, the document says. These products are smaller than those on the Polish government's banned list of April 15, which also included flour, eggs and chicken meat.
The Brussels authorities hope that after the adoption of this emergency measure at the EU level, the countries of Eastern Europe will abandon measures prohibiting grain transit.
We will remind you that on April 15, Poland banned the import of grain and other food from Ukraine, as this caused problems with prices on the country's domestic market.
However, on April 18, Ukraine agreed with Poland to resume food transit through the country's territory.
