European Union regulators on Monday began analyzing, product by product, the impact of a Russian ban on EU food imports and agreed on emergency measures to support peach and nectarine growers in what they described as a "signal of intent."

The Russian ban, announced last week, was in retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.

European Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos interrupted the traditional European Commission August break to return to Brussels on the weekend, together with other senior staff, and on Monday they set up a task force.