By May 2, Poland must abandon the ban on the import of dozens of food products from Ukraine and replace it with a decision of the European Commission, namely an embargo on four products - wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower.
This is reported by the Polish publication RMF24 with reference to sources in Brussels.
According to the publication, the European Commission is already working on a draft EU regulation banning the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds to five neighboring countries of Ukraine, and wants the regulation to enter into force on May 2.
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia have confirmed that they will lift national measures as soon as possible. Now the EC is waiting for specific decisions on this issue. The idea is to avoid parallel bans.
It will be recalled that official Kyiv has protested to Poland and the European Union due to the introduction of restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products as contrary to the Association Agreement.
On Friday, the European Commission reached an agreement in principle with Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia regarding Ukrainian agri-food products, the import of which these countries have limited.
"Exceptional protective measures", i.e. a ban on imports, were agreed upon for 4 types of products: wheat, corn, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds. The list does not include sunflower oil.
At the same time, safeguard investigations will be conducted on some other products, including oil.
The EU will also allocate a support package in the amount of 100 million euros for affected farmers in 5 member states.