Negotiations begin on transition period extending special economic zones

Today Polish negotiators in Brussels will discuss investment problems in special economic zones (SSE) with high unemployment rates, trying to find a compromise after almost a year-long break in negotiations. Polish negotiator Jan Kulakowski counts on greater understanding of the rights of investors, who began operating in the special zones under"old" rules and have agreements expiring in 2017, the last year of the transition period Poland has requested for the zones. According to the Polish negotiators, in the EU itself there are many examples of unlawful economic intervention from the state which the EC does not seem to notice, focusing solely on candidate countries. (Puls Biznesu, p.3), M.T.