To block Mercosur's signing, you gotta make a blocking minority. For now, Poland and France are against the agreement, Italy is wondering – said Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jacek Czerniak.
In total, a coalition of at least 4 countries is needed, representing 35 percent of the population," said Czerniak at the gathering of the subcommittee on animal welfare. The advanced MR officer presented information on the possible consequences of the entry into force of the European Union trade agreement with Mercosur countries for animal production in Poland. – We are doing everything we can to make this number at political level – provided the Deputy Minister.
He pointed out that the impact of the agreement with Mercosur on the EU animal production sector, including in Poland, will primarily be on the economical impact of the proposed simplification or abolition of customs duties in common trade. This is about besides much liberalisation of tariffs, mainly for poultry and beef. In accessing the EU market, they are to be limited to the volume of imports under the tariff quotas laid down in the agreement.
A akin solution is provided for another delicate products of animal origin: powdered milk, cheese, shelled eggs and egg yolks (fresh, dried, cooked, frozen or otherwise preserved) and egg albumin (protein powder).
The EC, arguing the request to sign this agreement, says that the import quotas for beef and poultry will not have a crucial impact on the Union market, but does not take into account trade with Ukraine," Czerniak noted. – We see it as a threat to Polish production – he added.
Mercosur countries have a comparatively lower level of customs protection than the EU. The tariff rates for meat are set at several, respective percent and are to be gradually reduced in subsequent years from the entry into force of the contract until their full abolition after the prescribed transitional periods (4, 8 or 10 years). Mercosur rates for dairy products are higher than for meat and scope from 14 to 28 percent. According to the draft Mercosur work agreement for EU exports of cheese and milk powder are to be progressively reduced until the full removal under the established tariff quotas.
The agreement besides lacks provisions to guarantee the effectiveness of the safeguard clause, i.e. the anticipation of temporary re-establishing duties in the event of excessive imports causing marketplace disruption or injury to EU producers, which is not adapted to the circumstantial characteristics of the agricultural sector, as indicated by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Czerniak estimated that the agreement did not take into account the various aspects of sustainable production, environmental, social, climatic, economical or animal welfare that EU farmers bear in mind.
At present, food imports from 3rd countries, including Mercosur, are permitted subject to EU safety and quality requirements. Control shall be carried out by EU and national veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary services. For products of animal origin, production facilities for exports to the EU are besides controlled. Therefore, not all goods originating in Mercosur countries presently have access to EU markets. For example, dairy products originating only in Argentina and Uruguay, eggs only from Argentina, poultry meat only from establishments approved by the EC in Argentina and Brazil have access. no of the Mercosur countries presently have access to the EU marketplace for pig meat. Import safety control procedures will proceed to apply and the Mercosur agreement will not abolish them, as indicated in the MRIRW information.
The hotel informed that the EC had not yet transmitted the consolidated text of the full agreement with Mercosur. The Commission's formal proposal to the European Parliament and the EU Council for the adoption of the Agreement is yet to be submitted, most likely not earlier than mid-2025. Until then, the text is to be subject to linguistic and legal verification by the Commission.
Czerniak, erstwhile asked about what Poland would do if a blocking number could not be assembled, said that our country “will effort to cover this agreement with specified exacerbates so that it does not have negative effects on the Polish farmer.”
Source: PAP
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