Poland is negotiating with Ukraine on the introduction of import licenses limiting the flow of grains, fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs and sugar from Ukraine.
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RMF FM writes that the European Commission proposed such a solution last year, but the new Polish government intends to introduce an additional preventive measure, namely checking the reliability of Ukrainian licenses.
Such a solution will not entirely comply with the principles of the free market, but Brussels is ready to agree to it provided that this trade conflict ends.
A solution with licenses would mean that Poland would no longer be so strict in demanding that quantitative restrictions on poultry meat or sugar from Ukraine be included in the new EU regulation.
Kyiv is in no hurry to make such a compromise on the issue of licenses, because it hopes that the European Commission will not give up duty-free imports from Ukraine, which will allow Ukraine to take a better position in negotiations with Warsaw.
At the same time, the European Commission is preparing a new regulation to strengthen the protective clause – the “emergency brake”. Until now, this instrument, due to excessive imports from Ukraine, could only be activated if problems arose in the entire EU market. The updated offer provides for its activation in the event of regional outages.
In such a situation, in just two weeks it will be possible to introduce a European Commission decision on temporary trade restrictions with Ukraine for a period of four months. Only then would the EC conduct an in-depth analysis.
The “emergency brake” preventive measure means the possibility of introducing restrictions (primarily quotas) in the event of excessive imports of any type of agricultural products from Ukraine.
Source: Racurs
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