Protecting Luxembourg farmers in case of market disturbances
While it opens new opportunities, the agreement also protects Europe’s farmers:
It limits the amount of sensitive agri-food products (such as beef, sugar and dairy) that Australia can export to the EU with lower tariffs, subjecting some of them to sustainability conditions.The EU can impose reinforced safeguard measures in case of a surge in imports, including for the most sensitive agri-food products imported from Australia.No agri-food products from Australia can enter the EU if they do not respect all the EU’s high health and safety standards.