The EC helps fruit and vegetable farmers from Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland with 62 million euros affected by chilly and hail – 2024-07-10 12:34:50

Portuguese wine producers will obtain 15 million euros attributable to market imbalance

European Fee (EC) proposed yesterday to mobilize EUR 77 million from the agricultural reserve to assist farmers within the fruit, vegetable and wine sectors in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, who’ve not too long ago suffered from hostile climatic occasions on an unprecedented scale, in addition to Portuguese wine producers who face severe market shocks.

The Fee’s proposals accepted by the Member States allocate EUR 10 million to Austria, EUR 15 million to the Czech Republic, EUR 37 million to Poland and EUR 15 million to Portugal. These international locations can complement this one assist from the EU with as much as 200% with nationwide funds.

Within the spring of this yr, the Czech Republic, components of Austria and components of Poland had been hit by unprecedented colds, which, after the unusually low temperatures in March, considerably affected orchards and vineyards. Hail additionally brought on extra harm in Poland. The areas and the share of manufacturing are important and threaten the financial viability of the affected farms. Nationwide authorities will distribute assist on to farmers to compensate them for his or her financial losses.

Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland must notify the Fee of the small print of the implementation of the measures, particularly the factors used to calculate the person assist, the meant affect of the measure, its evaluation and the actions taken to keep away from distortion of competitors and overcompensation.

In the meantime, Portugal’s wine producers are affected by a market imbalance that would flip into a protracted and wider disaster. The present unprecedented stockpiling in Portugal is brought on by a drop in purple wine gross sales mixed with a rise in manufacturing final yr. In 2023, Portugal was the Member State with the biggest enhance in manufacturing in comparison with the earlier yr. The assist package deal offered by the Fee will finance a short lived disaster distillation on this nation to take away among the portions presently in extra and rebalance the market. To keep away from distortion of competitors, alcohol obtained by distillation can solely be used for industrial functions, akin to disinfection, pharmaceutical and power functions. Nationwide authorities could allocate assist to wine producers, wine cooperatives, distillers and wineries and can decide the foundations for making use of for assist.