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Government had approved of the draft legislation to the Law on Foreigners
The Supreme Court decided that the liquidator of a limited liability company is liable to the same extent as Management Board members under Article 299 of the Commercial Companies Code
In 2010 employees employed full-time must earn at least PLN 1,317.
The European Union law stipulates that both, electronic and paper invoices, are equally binding documents which confirm sale transactions.
Together with the beginning of 2010 new provisions became binding which exempt Polish citizens from the fee payable for issuance of an identity card.
On January 1, 2010 new provisions came into force which amend the Code of Civil Procedure by introducing new electronic proceedings by writ of payment.
On January 5, 2010 the government adopted two amendments to regulations with regard to Starachowicka and Łódzka special economic zone.
On January 4, 2010 the President signed an act on pursuing claims in collective proceedings.
Since December 17, 2009 the EU member states have been obliged to apply the Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament
On January 24, 2010 amendments to the Act on Employment of Temporary Workers are coming into force.
On January 8, 2010 the Sejm adopted an amendment to the Civil Law which introduces changes to the provisions relating to construction works.
The Ministry of Economy is working on a new draft of the Act on Limiting Administrative Barriers for Citizens and Entrepreneurs.
Supreme Administrative Court decided that all invoices can be stored in the computer system.
On November 3, 2009 the Council of Ministers adopted the draft act on supporting the development of telecommunication services and networks.
At the next Sejm session the governmental draft of the act amending the act on VAT tax will be read for the first time.
On October 23, 2009 the Sejm adopted an amendment to the acts referring to confirmation of documents. The amendment is to lift formalities in civil, administrative and tax proceedings by granting professional proxies a right to confirm copies of documents submitted in the proceedings as being compliant with originals.
On October 23, 2009 the Sejm adopted a draft Act on Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (“BGK”).
In the resolution of October 22, 2009, the Supreme Court decided that the management board of a limited liability company may not act on behalf of the company in a dispute on revocation of a resolution of the shareholders’ meeting filed by a member who is, at the same time, a member of the management board of the defendant company (case file no. III CZP 63/09).
From 22nd October 2009 there came into force the amendment of the act referring to the so called “money laundering”.