Priority of Accession Treaty that means the energy sector has to clean up its act

The "success" of Polish diplomats who apparently negotiated with the EU a delay in implementing the so-called LCP directive, limiting the level of pollution emission by seven years, has turned out to be worthless. This is because, "The Accession Treaty states that Poland must almost halve its emissions of sulfur dioxide by 2008. By 2012 the reduction should amount to 60%. These norms are as strict as the LCP regulation," said Robert Adamczyk, a director of advisory company WS Atkins-Polska. "It is hard to say whether the EU did this purposefully or by mistake, but the results will be disastrous for the energy sector," added Adamczyk. Either way, the regulations will cost Polish power plants zł. 23-35 billion. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.M.