The MAGRAMA not make any contribution to the POSEI.

Thus confirmed the Minister of Agriculture to the President of COAG-Canarias.

Last week the National Day organized by the COAG character "Measures Act was held to improve the functioning of the Food Chain: opportunities for rebalancing ", a law "long demanded by the sector", made to correct the imbalances between the different links in the food chain.

Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, He participated in the closing of this Day reiterating that the Act was created to improve the functioning and structuring of the food chain, increase efficiency and competitiveness, and reduce imbalances, within the framework of a competition that will benefit all operators and consumers.

At the end of the day, President of COAG-Canarias, Rafael Hernández, He held a meeting with the Minister in which he asked for the contribution of MAGRAMA for next year, what García Tejerina replied that the Government of Spain does not intend to provide "a single euro" to the budget to cover the payment of supplementary POSEI.

This is additional assistance approved by Brussels, in which the governments of the Canary Islands and the State make contributions to equally, which they are directed primarily to the payment of aid for farmers, winegrowers and tomators.

From COAG-Canarias remember that debt to these sectors by the Canarian and Spanish authorities amounts to more than 50 million euros, accumulated since 2009.