Tel Aviv, JUNE 19 (SPA) - THE EUROPEAN UNION SAID ON MONDAY IT WILL NOT BE EASY TO SET UP A SYSTEM THAT WILL PROVIDE ALLOWANCES FOR THE MOST NEEDY PALESTINIANS AND IT WAS UNCLEAR WHEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD START BEING PAID OUT. "WE WILL NEED SOME TIME. IT IS NOT THAT EASY. IT IS A COMPLEX TASK," EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER, TOLD REUTERS IN AN INTERVIEW. "I CANNOT GIVE YOU A TIMEFRAME." UNDER A PLAN AGREED BY THE QUARTET OF MIDDLE EAST MEDIATORS -- THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED STATES, UNITED NATIONS AND RUSSIA -- MONEY WOULD START TO FLOW STARTING NEXT MONTH TO PAY "ALLOWANCES" TO PALESTINIAN DOCTORS AND NURSES. "THERE WE STILL HAVE TO WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS," FERRERO-WALDNER SAID. SHE SAID TALKS WOULD BEGIN ON MONDAY WITH THE WORLD BANK ON DEVELOPING A SET OF CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SO-CALLED "NEEDS-BASED ALLOWANCES". --SPA 19/06/2006 13:35 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/369753