Crisis in European vine nurseries
Freitag 8. Mai 2009 von htm
WRITTEN QUESTION by Sergio Berlato (UEN) to the EU Commission:
The European Union is world leader in the market for vine nursery products, with an annual output of 360 million cuttings. The steady decline in prices for cuttings on the world market and stronger competition from other producer countries has resulted over recent years in an exponential increase in the number of nursery closures in Europe and has plunged the entire sector into crisis. .…
Given that the European vine nursery sector is of key importance in economic, social and employment terms in some particularly disadvantaged areas that are lagging behind in development terms, would the Commission not agree that measures providing for:
1. aid of not less than EUR 15 000 per hectare for grubbing up at least 3 000 hectares of root-stock,
2. aid for high-quality nursery initiatives (graft nurseries),
3. special soft loans for the vine nursery sector,
4. aid for cessation of nursery activities, … (Source: Eurocare Newsletter March-April 2009) (Including the answer of the Commissioner)
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