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SARAJEVO, February 27 (FENA) - Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Mirko Šarović held today a meeting with poultry farmers in Sarajevo and the Director of BiH Veterinary Office on the occasion of the publication in the Official Gazette of the European Commission the Decision on placing Bosnia and Herzegovina on the list of countries allowed to export poultry meat to EU member states.
After the meeting, Minister Šarović told reporters that the decision was published on February 21, and it was adopted a month earlier.
He noted that that today they met with representatives of the companies that went through the whole process of vetting and monitoring, but also the companies that are close to meeting the necessary preconditions for gaining access to the European market. Producers of consumer eggs were also present ad they are currently in the process of monitoring.
“The European Commission, and its competent body, discussed on Monday and Tuesday the request of Bosnia and Herzegovina when it comes to poultry meat products. This discussion has been concluded and we expect that in the coming weeks, as was the case for poultry meat, this decision would be announced, which is truly significant success for BiH.
Finally, these efforts that we intensified, especially in the last two years, have produces results. In this process, we were assisted greatly by foreign donors, USAID, Sweden's SIDA, the Czech Development Agency and we express out gratitude for everything they did,” said Minister Šarović.
The Veterinary Office is the competent institution that will issue licenses for exports to the EU market.
“The companies that have gone through this whole process - Madi, Brovis, Ovako, Argeta, will get the permits from the VO, but also companies such as Perutnina Srbac, whose parent company is in Slovenia,” added Šarović.
He reminded that 52 companies in our country are engaged in poultry farming, binding more than 300 farms and securing thousands of jobs.
Minister Šarović added that he believes that at least 10 other companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina have a serious chance to fulfill the conditions in a short time and start exporting to some of the EU countries.
General Manager of the company ‘Madi’, Maid Jabandžić said that their export license will bring them many new jobs, new production volumes, new capacities, and new financial flows.
He also stressed that this is a big step forward and expressed hope that BiH poultry producers would not encounter non-customs barriers or that they at least will be as limited as possible.
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