Ciolos said the requests for financial assistance could be filed by the end of June. They will be analyzed in July and the Commission will then start compensating the farmers.
Romanian farmers of cucumbers and tomatoes have claimed EUR1.46 million from the European Commission to cover the losses they suffered because of E.coli outbreak, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Tuesday.
Early June, Tabara said Romanian cucumber producers would be reimbursed with up to EUR247,200 for losses estimated to reach EUR9 million by August, but the Commission has raised the value of damages payable to vegetable producers for the E.coli scare from EUR150 million to EUR210 million.