Only EU Legislation Applies to Imports of Ukrainian Farm Products into Slovakia

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) - Imports of farm products from Ukraine into Slovakia are only governed by EU legislation, according to an Agriculture Ministry proposal approved by the outgoing interim government at its session on Friday. The Slovak ban on imports of selected farm and food products from Ukraine, or originating in Ukraine, into Slovakia, as well as the introduction of special regulations for transporting these products via Slovakia have been formally scrapped. "Only EU legislation now applies to this area," Andrej Wallner of the Agriculture Ministry's press department has confirmed for TASR. The European Commission's measures took effect as of May 2 and will last until June 5. During this period, wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds can be imported into all EU countries except Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Ukrainian products can still be transported through these countries' territories, however. At the same time the five countries have pledged to scrap recently adopted unilateral measures on wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, but also on any other products originating from Ukraine. ko/df