Poland fails to supply agricultural data required for EU quotas and subsidies
According to European Union (EU) representatives, Poland is the only
candidate country not to have replied to the European Commission (EC)
request for data regarding agricultural production for 1995-99.The figures
will help the Commission to estimate production quotas and direct transfer
subsidies the EU promises to grant new members. Poland refuses to send the
data until guaranteed that from the first day of its EU membership Polish
farmers will be permitted the entire amount of direct transfers. This form
of support accounts for around two-thirds of the EU agricultural budget;
EU draft budgets up to 2006 have not yet earmarked any funds for the
candidate countries.(Rzeczpospolita, p.B1) A.Z.
