Poland - Transport

Short-term priorities:

Assessment (November 2003)

Please refer to the fact sheets on the adoption of the Community acquis.

Medium-term priorities:

• extra efforts towards alignment with Community legislation, particularly in road transport (market access, safety regulations and taxation) and rail transport;
• mobilising the requisite investment in the transport infrastructure (particularly in the extension of trans-European networks).

Assessment (October 1999)

Poland has continued the alignment of its legislation with the acquis in matters of road transport. As far as concerns the trans-European networks, some priorities have been defined.

Assessment (November 2000)

The administrative capacity has improved in certain specific sub-sectors.

Assessment (November 2001)

Restructuring of the rail sector has progressed, and some improvements in administrative capacity have been observed in specific sub-sectors. Legislative advances have focused in particular on road transport.

Assessment (October 2002)

There has been an alignment of air transport legislation, and, in general, a start has been made on the measures provided for in the Action Plan to step up administrative capacity in road transport and maritime transport.

Assessment (November 2003)

Please refer to the fact sheets on the adoption of the Community acquis.

Following the signing of the Accession Treaty on 16 April 2003, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004.

REFERENCES

Council Decision 98/260/EC of 30.03.1998

Official Journal L 121 of 23.04.1998

Commission Opinion COM(1997) 2002 final

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(1998) 701 final

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(1999) 509 final

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(2000) 709 final

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(2001) 700 final - SEC(2001) 1752

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(2002) 700 final - SEC(2001) 1408

Not published in the Official Journal

Commission Report COM(2003) 675 final - SEC(2003) 1207

Not published in the Official Journal

Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236, 23.09.2003]

Last updated: 19.11.2004