ARiMR-HP negotiators reach agreement over IACS

Following long negotiations between the Agency for Restructuring and M odernization of Agriculture (ARiMR) and Hewlett-Packard, both parties have decided to sign amendments to the contract concerning the building of the IACS system, which will be responsible for the execution of farmers direct payments. The amendment, signed yesterday, envisages that the Agency will have to pay an extra zł. 38 million for the modernization of the system. The value of the whole contract reaches EUR 47 million. The amendment was a necessity due to the results of negotiations with the EU concerning direct recompensation for farmers, which ended after the initial contract between ARiMR and HP was signed. "The system will be ready on time. The final date is still set for when farmers start submitting their motions," said Andrzej Dopierała, HP President. The system will be implemented in June 2004. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.