Delays likely to cost Poland euro 11 million in EU financial assistance for vets

Poland looks likely to lose over euro 11 million assigned by the European Union (EU) to modernize the country's dairies and improve the administration of veterinary services, as a result of difficulties in keeping to the deadline for starting the programs. Part of euro 8.5 million for the modernization of border crossings is likely to be lost because of the failure to prepare the necessary documentation for the tender. A further euro 5.15 million will be unused after dairies were put off by the rules for allocating the funds. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) P.W.