Poland to negotiate EEZ trading terms

Poland yesterday declared its will to enter the European Economic Zone (EEZ) - a free trade area between EU states and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - as is obligatory for all new Union members. This agreement allows free movement of people, services, goods and capital, with the exception of agricultural products and fish. Marek Grela, a Polish ambassador to the EU, yesterday gave Prime Minister Leszek Miller an official letter for the ambassador of Iceland, which currently heads the EEZ. According to the document, negotiations would begin in January and be concluded in April. Polish diplomats say the hardest issue for negotiators would be reaching agreement on mutual opening of fisheries and liberalization of agricultural trade. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) M.M.