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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11370
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture

Russian embargo - aid for fruit and veg producers soon

Brussels, 30/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - Copa and Cogeca wrote to the European Commission on Tuesday 28 July, welcoming the move to extend support for EU fruit and vegetable growers to 2016 to alleviate the impact of the Russian ban on EU exports, but called for more products to be included in the measure.

Copa-Cogeca Secretary General Pekka Pesonen said these European agricultural organisations were urging the Commission to extend the list of products covered by the measure to include all...