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At the end of April the Parliament adopted a change to the Act on Tourist Services.
In the seating of May 7, 2010 the Sejm dealt with amending the Act on Tax Inspection.
In connection with the signals received from consumers, UOKiK [Office for Competition and Consumer Protection] inspected the biggest mobile phone operators who offer their products and services by way of tele-sale and internet.
The Act amending the Act on Making Available Information on Environment and Its Protection (...) as well as some other acts which was accepted by the Sejm on April 29, 2010 stipulates a number of facilitations.
The draft amendments to the provisions which are to increase the use of electronic invoices in commercial trading are currently in preparation.
On May 1, 2010 new provisions of the Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (Journal of Laws EU L 200 of June 7, 2004) have come into force, thereby annulling earlier ordinances within this scope.
The Senate prepared a draft of an amendment to the Construction Law.
On March 11, 2010 a convention on avoiding double taxation signed in Helsinki on June 8, 2009 by Poland and Finland came into force.
Public benefit organisations do not have to take part in the tender procedure obligatory for concluding contracts on usufruct, tenancy or lease of real estates owned by the State Treasury
On March 12, 2010 new legislation came into force which amends the Act on Waste.
New legislation proposes to abolish an obligation to provide administrative authorities with certificates.
Pursuant to the resolution regarding compensation for non- or malperformance of a contractual obligation should be examined in a simplified procedure if the value of dispute does not exceed PLN 10,000.
Voivodship Administrative Court in Warsaw issued a verdict which is very important to tax-payers who grant loans to their foreign partners.
The Ministry of Finance prepared the assumptions to the project of changes in the legislation on income taxes.
There comes into force a regulation of the Minister of Justice on devices and technical means making it possible to hear evidence at distance in civil proceedings.
Sejm accepted the change in law relating to increasing the number of areas which would be covered with the ban on smoking
The government approved the draft legislation which is to change the Act on ID Cards
Pursuant to the Supreme Court resolution of March 16 -the provision included in Article 411 § 1 of the Labour Code, which excludes employees’ protection against termination or dissolution of employment contracts, applies only in case of declaring bankruptcy with liquidation of assets
Notaries will be obliged to accept monetary deposits if a notarial act is to include payment of price, remuneration or other receivables.