{"id":1314450,"date":"2025-10-31T13:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-european-commission-may-sue-poland-hungary-and-slovakia-over-the-ban-on-ukrainian-grain\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:41:47","slug":"the-european-commission-may-sue-poland-hungary-and-slovakia-over-the-ban-on-ukrainian-grain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-european-commission-may-sue-poland-hungary-and-slovakia-over-the-ban-on-ukrainian-grain\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission may sue Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia over the ban on Ukrainian grain."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"107\" data-end=\"307\"><strong>The European Commission is considering legal action against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, which continue to unilaterally restrict imports of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"411\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/poland-hungary-and-slovakia-defy-brussels-as-ukraine-trade-deal-takes-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a> reports this, citing a statement from the European Commission&#8217;s deputy representative, Olof Gill.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"566\"> He stressed that such bans violate the EU&#8217;s single market rules, which do not allow member countries to independently introduce trade barriers.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"660\"> &#8220;We see no reason to maintain these national measures,&#8221; Gill stressed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"819\"> When asked by journalists about possible legal proceedings against the three states, a Commission representative replied that \u201call options remain open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1052\"> At the same time, Brussels acknowledges that the situation has a political dimension.<br data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"891\" \/> A possible lawsuit against Poland could complicate relations with Donald Tusk&#8217;s government, while actions regarding Hungary and Slovakia could appear to imply double standards.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1131\"> Representatives of three countries have already stated that they do not plan to lift restrictions: <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1470\"><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1229\">\n<p data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1229\"> Poland&#8217;s Ministry of Agriculture said the government&#8217;s decision remains in force;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1352\">\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1352\"> Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy accused Brussels of \u201cgiving priority to Ukraine\u2019s interests\u201d;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1470\">\n<p data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1470\"> His Slovak counterpart, Richard Takac, called the new EU agreement &#8220;not strong enough&#8221; to protect local farmers. <\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1716\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Reference:<br data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1487\" \/> On October 13, the EU approved an updated trade agreement with Ukraine, which replaces the temporary liberalization in 2022.<br data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1600\" \/> The document provides for more stable conditions for Ukrainian exports and protection mechanisms for EU farmers.<\/p>\n<p> As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/polshcha-obmezhuie-import-ukrainskoho-zerna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poland will introduce rules limiting the influx of Ukrainian grain into the country<\/a> to prevent these imports from destabilizing the situation on its market.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/bolhariia-mozhe-vidmovytys-vid-ukrainskoho-zerna\/\">Bulgaria may refuse to import Ukrainian grain.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> In addition <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/uhorshchyna-zbilshyla-perelik-zaboronenoi-dlia-importu-silkohospodarskoi-produktsii-z-ukrainy\/\">, Hungary has expanded the list of agricultural products banned from import<\/a> from Ukraine. <\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pryamiy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission is considering legal action against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, which continue to unilaterally restrict imports of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products. Politico reports this, citing a statement from the European Commission&#8217;s deputy representative, Olof Gill. He stressed that such bans violate the EU&#8217;s single market rules, which do not allow member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":959910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76892,76894,76871],"class_list":["post-1314450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-economy","category-politics","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}