Gov't to clear up mismanagement at restructuring agency

Government officials have stated they will clear up the alleged misman agement at the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARRR), the scandal-ridden office earmarked to handle billions of euros in farm aid to be granted after accession to the EU in 2004. Government s pokesman Michal Tober said that ministers have given ARRR a week to sort out problems arising from the mismanagement of a tender to set up a system to handle EU agriculture subsidies. At the same time, the chief negotiator with the EU, Janusz Truszczynski, announced yesterday Poland's desire to receive full subsidies to farmers by 2006 at the latest. Brussels' proposals would not give full subsidies until ten years from the accession date. (Rzec zpospolita, p. A4; Reuters) M.T.