L 259/2 Official Journal of the European Union 30.8.2014 REGULATIONS COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 932/2014 of 29 August 2014 laying down temporary exceptional support measures for producers of certain fruit and vegetables and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 913/2014 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (}), and in particular Article 219(1) in conjunction with Article 228 thereof, Whereas: (I)  On 7 August the Russian government introduced a ban on imports of certain products from the Union to Russia, including fruits and vegetables. This ban has created a serious threat of market disturbances caused by significant price falls due to the fact that an important export market has suddenly become unavailable. (2)  That threat of market disturbances is of particular relevance for the fruit and vegetable sector where large quanti- ties of perishable products are harvested at this time of the year. (3)  Accordingly, a situation has arisen on the market for which the normal measures available under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 appear to be insufficient. (4)  In order to prevent the existing market situation from turning into a more severe or prolonged market distur- bance, urgent action is needed to provide for temporary exceptional support measures for producers of perishable fruit and vegetables which have been affected most by the sudden loss of the export market at this stage of the harvest. Those temporary exceptional support measures should cover the period from 18 August to 30 November 2014 and should take the form of Union financial assistance for tomatoes, carrots, cabbages, sweet peppers, cauliflowers and headed broccoli, cucumbers and gherkins, mushrooms, apples, pears, plums, soft fruit, fresh table grapes and kiwifruit. (5)  Pursuant to the estimated quantities affected by the ban, Union financial assistance should be granted at the maximum amount of EUR 125 million. This total maximum amount should be divided into two sub-amounts, one being allocated to apples and pears, and one to all other products covered by the support measures. This allo- cation should avoid an unbalanced distribution between producers of different products and reflect the different time of harvest and the share of product quantities affected by the Russian import ban. (6)  Market withdrawals, non-harvesting and green harvesting are effective crisis management measures in case of surplus of fruit and vegetables due to temporary and unpredictable circumstances. (7)  In order to mitigate the impact of a drop in prices, the existing restriction of 5 % as a proportion of the volume of marketed production for supported market withdrawals should be temporarily lifted. The Union financial assistance should therefore be granted even when withdrawals exceed the 5 % ceiling. (8)  Financial assistance granted for market withdrawals should be based on the respective amounts set out in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (%) for withdrawals for free distribution and for withdrawals for other destinations, unless no amount has been fixed in this Regulation. For those products for which no amount is fixed in Annex XI to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, maximum amounts should be laid down in this Regulation. () OJL347,20.12.2013,p. 671. (%) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (O] L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1).