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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8242

27 June 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/poland
Poland postpones tax-free imports of wheat by three months, provoking strong Commission reaction

Brussels, 26/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Polish government recently decided to postpone by three months the enforcement, scheduled for 1 July, of tax-free imports of European wheat for the 2002-2003 harvest year. Opening of the rest of the quota of 480,000 tonnes of wheat, amounting to over 200,000 tonnes, will not take place until October. The spokesperson for Commissioner Franz Fischler said the Commission had only "noted" this decision, while stressing that "any further delay in opening...

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