Press Release: Promotion of EU agricultural products outside the EU

The European Commission has approved measures to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products in third countries. Member States submitted 25 programmes to the Commission to be examined. The 18 programmes that have been accepted are from Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia. They are targeted at the USA, Russia and China. The products covered are wine, fruit, meat, dairy products, PDO and PGI, olive oil and organic products. The EU contribution is € 19.6 million (50% of the total budget of the programmes).