In Brief: EU recycling directive; EU business' conference in Warsaw

Poland and seven other candidate countries ascertained that they would not be able to meet the standards of the new EU directive on processing waste materials. The new directive demands that 60% of bottles, cartons and paper packaging should be recycled. Probably Poland will need a longer transition period for the new regulations than Ireland, Greece and Portugal, which already received an approval to implement the new regulations by 2012. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) ... Representatives of businessmen from EU and candidate countries who met in Warsaw during a conference yesterday stated that, "The public should be informed and not agitated. To win its support for EU accession the disadvantages connected with EU integration should not be hidden." (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) P.W.