Prior to this configuration (1975-98), the administrative structure included over three times the number of vovoideships and the powiat level did not exist. There are three legal types of municipalities: 1) urban communes, 2) rural communes, 3) uiban-mral communes. These are translated into country-specific recommendations and target objectives.8 Within the EU policy framework there is scope for country members to determine their own complementary priority areas and as such, Poland’s rural policies are a mix of both EU and national priorities (involving the co-financing and co-management of funds).