INFLUENCE OF POLISH ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNIONON NONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE OPINIONOF ENTREPRENEURS FORM PIOTRKÓW KUJAWSKI COMMUNE– SSELECTED PROBLEMS

Autor: Sławomir Zawisza, Agnieszka Paradzińska
Jazyk: English<br />Polish
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists, Vol XIX, Iss 3, Pp 312-318 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2657-781X
2657-7828
DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.3269
Popis: The paper presents the results of a survey which was carried out in May and June 2015. The respondents were 50 entrepreneursrandomly selected from the general number of 131 registered and 110 actively operating enterprises in the investigated region.The most important sources of information concerning the EU funds were: The Center of Agricultural Advisory in Minikowo andthe Town Office in Piotrków Kujawski. In the opinion of the respondents the conditions for the development of entrepreneurshipin Poland has significantly improved after accession to The European Union (68.0%). However, only 12.0% of the respondentshave taken advantage of the EU funds available within RDP (Rural Development Plan) for the years 2004-2006 and 2007-2013. For the majority of respondents, incomes from economic activity remained at the same level as before the integration withthe EU (48.0%), whereas 46.0% of the entrepreneurs did notice an increase in their income. According to the respondents thebenefits from integration with the European Union include: reduction of prices, duty and taxes (58.0%) and good changes inlegislation (36.0%), caused by more consistent policy in relation to small and medium companies as well as better profitabilityof production (26.0%). A s far as difficulties are concerned, as many as (58.0%) of the respondents observed that a significantgrowth of competition caused by new economic activities in the close proximity and additional expenditures necessary to adjustto standard required by the European Union (24.0%). The great majority of the respondents (88.0%) did not take part in supportprograms of the UE, mainly because of their high complexity degree and bureaucracy and required procedures (82.0%).
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