text: EU, Poland agree on oil import tariffs. BRUSSELS 1996-12-06 
   The European Union and Poland have resolved disagreements over a new Polish oil import regime, the European Commission said on Friday. The EU had objected to increases in Polish tariffs on imports of gasoline and gasoil products introduced on January 1, 1996, saying they contravened levels envisaged in the so-called Europe Agreement between the EU and Poland. The increases were aimed at protecting the Polish market while helping to modernise the local oil industry. " The EU and Poland have now reached a final settlement regarding issues related to the Polish import regime in the oils sector, " the Commission said in a statement. Under the agreement, Poland will abolish all oil import tariffs by 2001, remove all oil price controls and end quantitative restrictions on imports by January 1, 1997. The agreement includes the early privatisation and modernisation of Polish oil refineries, which will be obliged to offer equal treatment to all buyers. The EU and Poland will monitor the settlement at six-monthly meetings.
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