Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Tzvetan Dimitrov met with producers in the vegetable growing sector in relation to the adopted by the European Commission Emergency Regulation on fruit and vegetables. Adopted Regulation aims to implement a compensation scheme for farmers in the sector after the the E. coli outbreak in Germany.
The purpose of the meeting was to consult the opinions and suggestions of Bulgarian producers in respect of this scheme for specific support in the country, as well as to analyze the losses from unsold production. Administrative schemes for preliminary application and the conditions under which applications will be submitted for support from the State Fund "Agriculture” were also discussed during the meeting.
The meeting was attended by experts from the Ministry of Agriculture, representatives of the State Fund "Agriculture", Bulgarian Food Safety Agency , Bulgarian Greenhouse Association, Bulgarian Pepper Association and other producers in the country.