Poland still has a long way to go to catch up with EU sanitary norms says report

Officials of the European Commission said yesterday that they were anxious about the state of preparations of Polish agriculture in terms of meeting EU sanitary norms. In a few days the Commission will publish its first report on negotiated conditions in this area and from then on Poland will have six months to make good the delays. The final report on this matter will be published by the EU in between October and November. If the requirements are not be met by then, then Poland's integration with the Common Market would not be possible, or would become complicated. Furthermore, Poland has yet to supply seven of its eastern border crossings with equipment which measures whether imported food meets EU sanitary norms. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.