Poland announced strengthening of control and greater intensification of inspections of goods coming from Ukraine.
This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.
It is indicated that today, February 4, the head of the Polish department, Czeslaw Sekierski, carried out checks at the Medica border checkpoint. Previously, he visited the Korchova checkpoint.
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— Excessive imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, which do not meet EU production requirements, threaten the competitiveness of Polish agriculture, — the message says.
In turn, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Michal Kolodziejczak, visited the Yagodin-Dorogusk checkpoint, and yesterday he visited Grubeszow.
He posted a photo of frozen raspberries that were unwrapped at the border.
— After such raspberries, there is only one conclusion: an embargo on Ukrainian frozen raspberries, of which more than 60 thousand tons arrived in Poland in 2023, — he wrote.
31 January The European Commission proposed extending for another year (until mid-2025) the duty-free regime for exports from Ukraine to the EU, however, with the safeguards that several EU countries demanded.
These measures include, in particular, the introduction of quotas on the most sensitive products: poultry, eggs and sugar.
February 2, Polish farmers announced new protests throughout the country — from 10:00 next Friday, February 9, until March 10.
The strike will begin with a blockade of all border crossings between Poland and Ukraine, as well as roads and highways in individual voivodeships.
