Welcoming today´s decision, EU Agriculture & Rural Development Commissioner Dacian Cioloş stated today: "I see the promotion of EU agricultural products on EU and non-EU markets as an important element of policy, especially for quality products. This is why we are preparing a new policy initiative on promotion, for publication in the coming weeks. It is clear to me that the growth in European exports of quality products can play a major role in aiding economic recovery in the EU. Indeed, I shall be travelling to Japan and South Korea next week as part of a further initiative to boost EU exports."
The Commission received 34 applications for funding, and after evaluation has approved 22 programmes targeting the internal market (15) and the third countries (7) as part of the second wave of programme submission for year 2013. Two of the selected programmes were proposed by more than one Member State. Third countries and regions targeted are: North America, Russia, Latin America, Norway, Switzerland, Middle East, Serbia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.
The full list of programmes and budgets adopted today is available in the annex.
Source: europa.eu, ag-press.eu
