EU begins product-by-product review of impact of Russian ban

EU regulators yesterday began analysing product-by-product the impact of a Russian ban on EU food imports announced in retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.

But they said it was too soon to decide how much, if any, of a €400m EU compensation fund might be paid out to help farmers.

European Agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos interrupted the traditional European Commission August break to return to Brussels at the weekend, together with other senior staff, and on Monday they set up a taskforce.