Media: the European Union is mired in bureaucracy because of sanctions against Russia
European weak economy badly to cope with the negative effect of sanctions against Russia, While organizations that export dual-use goods, faced with bureaucratic delays, writes.
Total European exports fell by 12% in the first eight months of this year compared with the previous one. While industrial exports 28 member countries of the European Union has declined in the last month of summer by 16%. For example, suffered German exports, while exports to Italy fell by almost half, emphasizes the Agency.
The technological sector of the European economy is one of the most strongly received damage. So, Authorized Belgian manufacturer of information display systems, Barco, who previously collaborated with the United shipbuilding Corporation, declare that the effect of punishment " does not have the ability to be more obvious, " and that the organization is now extremely limited, reported in the publication.
Part of the punishment have such a negative effect because European companies are not permitted to supply without special permission of the goods that fall under the category of dual-use and have the ability to be used in both civil and military purposes. Europeans no longer have the opportunity besprepjatstvenno to sell tractors, cranes, excavators and spare parts needed to repair vehicles. Even if companies manage to obtain a license for the export of such products, their delivery is delayed for two to three months due to bureaucratic delays, writes Reuters.
Thus, in Belgium, the number of requests for licenses for export increased from August to almost 40%, and bureaucrats failed emails and calls. In Germany organizations complain that customs Even on the phone does not give information about the progress of applications for licensing because of the huge number of calls. The authorities in European countries have reported about the fact that hiring more workers in agencies issuing permits for the export, transfer Agency.
While the European organization for non-stop fear that their place in the market of Russia will take the exporters from China and other countries.
" Countries that are not connected to the sanctions, have the opportunity to fill a niche that has left the European Union. The economic situation of the EU in Russia is under threat, and if it is lost, it will be very difficult to recover, " he said, Reuters words of the head of the Association of European businesses in the Russian Federation Frank Schauff.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -
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