Protecting French 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, sheep meat, sugar and dairy, as well as sweetcorn, starches, ethanol, and rum, while excluding speciality sugars) 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 (applicable, for example, in the case of beef, for 15 years from the date of entry into force).No agri-food products from Australia can enter the EU if they do not respect all the EU’s high health and safety standards.