The measure - approved by EU member states last week at the behest of big farming states - will take effect from 6 June and rolls back full trade liberalisation introduced after Russia’s full-scale invasion back in 2022.

The new rules will reinstate 2017 tariff quotas on Ukrainian agricultural exports

Poland’s Agriculture Minister Czesław Siekierski hailed the reintroduction of the pre-war trade regime with Ukraine as a major political victory ahead of critical elections this weekend.