EU AND WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU SPENDS TO HELP FOOD AND DRINK MANUFACTURERS WEATHER COVID-19 CRISIS
May 2nd, 2020
THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled measures to help food and drink manufacturers and their suppliers cope with the Covid-19 crisis. It has, for instance announced that dairy (skimmed milk powder, butter and cheese), and meat (beef, sheep and goat meat) producers will be paid ‘private storage aid’ to warehouse such products for between two and six months to reduce current excessive supplies. Also, milk and potato producers have been given the right to cooperate and plan production for six months to ensure supplies fit anticipated demand, when such ...
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