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Commissioner Cioloş in Lithuania to take stock of the situation following Russian restrictions on EU agri-food exports
12/09/2014
Commissioner Dacian Cioloş was in Vilnius today and held meetings with representatives of the Lithuanian agricultural and food sector, the Minister of Agriculture, Virginija Baltraitiene, and the European Affairs, Rural and Economic Affairs committees of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
Boost for promotion of EU agricultural products as medium-term response to Russian embargo
03/09/2014
The Commission has today confirmed its intention to provide an additional €30 million of EU funding for CAP promotion programmes starting in 2015, on top of the €60 million that is foreseen annually in the CAP budget. As these schemes are co-funded, this change is likely to mean an additional 60 million EURO for promotion measures. Aimed at alleviating the impact of the Russian measures against certain EU agricultural products, this additional effort will start with the promotion programmes that need to be submitted by the end of September.
