If within the coming weeks the Polish government does not answer the
European Commission's (EC) proposal to open its air transport market,
the agreement to establish the European Freeair Area (EOSN) will be
signed by the European Union (UE) with eight candidate countries and
Norway and Iceland, but excluding Poland. Polish negotiators have given
assurances they will respond on time, but refuse to say what exactly the
response will be. The exclusion of Poland from the agreement could
result in weakened positions for its airports on the world air transport
market.(Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) P.J.
