8-K/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 18, 2003

Central European Distribution Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-24341	54-1865271
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1343 Main Street, Suite 301, Sarasota, Florida	34236
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (941) 330-1558

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 4.     Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

On March 18, 2003, the registrant’s audit committee dismissed Ernst & Young Audit sp. z o.o. (“E&Y”) as the registrant’s principal accountant, and appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PWC”) as the registrant’s new principal accountant. E&Y’s report on the registrant’s financial statements for fiscal 2001 and 2002 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. The decision to change accountants was recommended and approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

During fiscal 2001 and 2002 and the subsequent interim period through March 18, 2003, there were no disagreements with E&Y on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which

disagreement(s), if not resolved to the satisfaction of E&Y, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement(s) in connection with their report.

The registrant has engaged PWC as its new independent accountant on March 18, 2003. During 2001 and 2002 and the subsequent interim period through March 18, 2003, neither the registrant (nor someone on its behalf) engaged PWC regarding either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the registrant’s financial statements, or any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” or a “reportable event,” both as such terms are defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The registrant has requested E&Y to furnish the registrant with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the registrant in this current report and, if not, expressing the respects in which it does not agree. The registrant has filed the letter as an exhibit to this report.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:    April 22, 2003
Central European Distribution Corporation By:         /s/    JAMES H. ARCHBOLD             James H. Archbold     Secretary

Exhibit

16.1        Letter from Ernst & Young Audit sp. z o.o.

EX-16.1

Exhibit 16.1

April 18, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20549

Gentlemen:

We have read the first paragraph of Item 4 of Central European Distribution Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated March 18, 2003, and are in agreement that on March 18, 2003, Central European Distribution Corporation’s audit committee dismissed us as the registrant’s principal accountant. We further agree that our report on the registrant’s financial statements for fiscal 2001 and 2002 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. We are also in agreement with the statements contained in the second paragraph under Item 4 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.

/s/    Ernst and Young Audit Sp. z o.o.

Ernst and Young Audit Sp. z o.o.