EC/Poland Europe agreement: implementation for competition rules

Referring to the content of the Europe agreements concluded with the CEECs on competition, particularly the agreements concluded with Poland and Hungary, Commissioner CRESSON stated that the Commission’s new approach was based on the need to adopt the rules necessary to apply the provisions of the agreements on businesses and State aid within three years of the entry into force of the interim agreements. She added that although the rules on businesses could be agreed without any great difficulty, the problem of State aid was more delicate as it entailed the application and introduction of a system of self-monitoring by the countries in question. In the case of Poland, the draft Decision sought to confirm the rules already adopted in January by the Joint Committee established under the Interim Agreement.