Brussels, 19/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 18 August, the European Commission announced that it was to unblock €125 million to support the EU fruit and vegetables sector, which has been hit by a year of Russian embargo on Western food products. An extraordinary meeting of the agriculture ministers of the EU will be held in Brussels on 5 September to take stock of the impact of the Russian ban.
These market support measures through compensated withdrawals of products concern carrots,...