Commission Report (2002): Poland

... resolutions

For the European Parliament the rapporteur is Mr Jas Gawronski

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... 2001

These figures include an allocation for Cross-Border co-operation (CBC) Programmes of EUR 56 million in 2000, and EUR 56 million in 2001.

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... minorities''

In the meantime, through the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam in May 1999, the political criteria defined at Copenhagen have been essentially enshrined as a constitutional principle in the Treaty on European Union. Article 6(1) of the consolidated Treaty on European Union reads: ``The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law''. Accordingly, Article 49 of the consolidated Treaty stipulates that ``Any European State which respects the principles set out in Article 6(1) may apply to become a member of the Union''. More recently, these principles were emphasised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, that was proclaimed at the Nice European Council in December 2000.

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... powiats

Poland has three levels of self-government: the voivodship (region), powiat (commune), and gmina (parish). For full details of the administrative structure see the 1999 Regular Report on Poland's progress towards accession.

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See ``Towards the Enlarged Union: Strategy Paper and Report of the European Commission on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries'', COM (2002) 700.

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... 5.5\%

For 2001 the balance of payment on a cash basis has been used.

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... inflation

``Net'' inflation is one of the five measures of core inflation that are calculated by the National Bank of Poland on a monthly and on a yearly basis. ``Net'' inflation excludes all food and fuel prices, accounting for 33% of the basket, from the headline index. (source: NBP inflation report 2000, Appendix 2)

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... tariff

including suspended tariffs and free trade agreements.

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... institutions

Of which 3 directly owned by the State Treasury

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... 1997

This may also reflect prudent pricing policies in the context of the slowdown and the rise in non-performing loans.

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See ``Towards the Enlarged Union: Strategy Paper and Report of the European Commission on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries'', COM (2002) 700.

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... acquis

A description of the acquis for each chapter can be found in the Commission's 1997 Opinion on Poland's application for EU membership.

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... added

The source for all agricultural statistics is EUROSTAT unless otherwise stated.

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... agriculture

In Labour Force Survey definitions (LFS): Agricultural employment is defined in LFS terms as economically active persons who gain a significant part of their income from agriculture.

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... 2002

Preliminary results will be available in the second half of 2002.

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... 2000

source: Polish Central Statistical Office

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... trade

Source of trade figures: WTO definition of agricultural products, figures from EUROSTAT COMEXT (see U.E. 12.15: Commerce des produits agricoles 1998--2000, 1 Partie D.G. AGRI/G.2 Analyses quantitatives, prévisions, statistiques, études, 2001, pp. 10--57 et 86--89).

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Developments concerning Industrial policy should be seen in relation to the overall enterprise policy, including the SME policy (see Chapter 16 ­ Small and medium-sized enterprises).

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Developments concerning SME policy should be seen in relation to the overall enterprise policy, including industrial policy (see Chapter 15 -- Industrial policy).

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See ``Towards the Enlarged Union: Strategy Paper and Report of the European Commission on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries'', COM (2002) 700.

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See ``Towards the Enlarged Union: Strategy Paper and Report of the European Commission on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries'', COM (2002) 700.

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