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Poland and EU settle tricky issue of farmland sales and cigarette taxation - Other results of accession negotiations on Thursday
Brussels, 21/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - An overview of the results of the accession negotiations that took place at deputy-level on Thursday with ten of the twelve candidate countries negotiating accession to the EU (Slovenia and Latvia did not attend due to insufficient preparation):
- Poland. Two important chapters were closed - free circulation of capital (including the sensitive issue of the sale of Polish farmland) and taxation. In terms of sales of farmland, Poland finally won a 12...