Milk, poultry meat and other food products should be included in the list of imports from Ukraine, which the European Union temporarily bans, Poland’s agriculture minister said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

“We have discussed our proposals, our list is much broader – milk, poultry, honey,” said Robert Telus at a press conference.

A general ban on Ukrainian grain and oil crops is possible until June 5

Thus, several countries of Eastern Europe began to unilaterally suspend the import of Ukrainian grain, putting pressure on Brussels, the European Union is preparing to introduce restrictions at the EU level on the import of grain from Ukraine, the so-called “preventive measures” for certain categories of grain and oil crops – especially wheat, corn, sunflower seeds and rapeseed.

According to the EU regulation, the European Union can restrict the import of products in the entire community block or in part of the block, while allowing transit.

The European Union is preparing 100 million euros in compensation for farmers of countries bordering Ukraine and plans to introduce restrictions on the import of Ukrainian grain, the spokesperson of the European Commission said on Wednesday.

European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis discussed the EU’s plans on Wednesday with ministers from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, as well as with Ukrainian colleagues.

Romanian Agriculture Minister Petre Daea said on Wednesday that Dombrovskis had asked Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to lift their individual import bans, and the Commission could approve a blanket ban on Ukrainian grain and oilseeds for the five affected countries by June 5.

After several hours of consultations, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania did not reach an agreement, and the European Commissioner asked to solve the problem by the end of the week.

Hungary has already banned the import of honey and some meat products from Ukraine

Hungary, which has already announced a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain due to the fact that it destabilizes the national market, has since Wednesday extended this measure to dozens of agricultural products.

Thus, Hungary has banned the import of honey and certain meat products, except cereals, from Ukraine until June 30, the head of the prime minister’s office said on Thursday, increasing pressure on Brussels to extend the proposed measures to the level of the European Union.

Hungary’s ban on imports of grain and basic agricultural products “includes a total of 25 products, the most important of which are grain, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, flour, oil, honey and some meat products,” Gergely Gulyas said.

The government’s announcement comes after Hungary’s Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy called for any EU-wide import ban to be extended to include “eggs, honey and poultry” in a Facebook post late on Wednesday.

Measures taken by Romania

We remind you that Romania has announced that it will seal and control vehicles with grain from Ukraine transiting through our country, as well as carry out customs control of all agri-food products coming from the neighboring country. The Minister of Agriculture Petre Daea handed over these measures to his Ukrainian colleague Mykola Solsky.

Romania’s most important events and requests:

• grain deliveries from Ukraine will not be stopped, but will be sealed
• Additional security measures will be taken for Ukrainian vehicles transiting through Romania
• The Ministry of Romania asked Ukraine to limit the export of oil crops and rapeseed
• Romania is the only gateway for Ukrainian grain to the EU
• Romania has taken measures to strengthen customs quality checks of products imported from Ukraine, checks coordinated by ANSVSA, in accordance with current European legislation.