On 10 December 2021 there entered into force the amendment of the Polish law on energy. The changes introduced by this amendment, which relate to the principles of tariff calculation, aim to avoid the risk of a single cumulative increase in gas prices for households in 2022, while ensuring that gas sellers can cover their costs of purchasing gas for their customers in the long term. As a result, household gas prices may fall at some point, but revenue will be recovered in subsequent years by applying prices that take account of such latent costs. This means that gas prices in these years will be higher than the current cost of buying this fuel, even if wholesale gas prices fall again.
New tariff system
The new mechanism incorporated to the tariff system is a one-of-a-kind solution deriving from the existing state of the national and European gas markets. It assures that gas sellers can carry forward the present rise in raw material purchase prices over the next few years rather than simply factoring them into the tariff as it is now calculated. Until 30 June 2022, gas sellers may submit to the President of the Polish Office for Energy Regulation a gas sales tariff for households calculated only on the basis of a proportion of the justified costs, i.e. a proportion of the gas procurement costs. On the other hand, the seller will be able to cover the part of the costs not included in the current tariff for the next three years, i.e. until the end of 2025, either from the tariffs applicable from the beginning of 2023, or from the prices and charges set on competitive markets.
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KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI takes part in the training organised by Wolters Kluwer on 30 March 2022, devoted to debt collection from bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.
The subject of the training is a comprehensive overview of important aspects of civil investigations and enforcement proceedings, where bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies are either the subject of the claim (e.g. in the case of a bitcoin sale contract) or the subject of the debtor’s property, against which the execution of monetary claims may be conducted. In addition to strict enforcement proceedings, cases are also discussed when the debtor is subject to bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings. The training has a practical dimension, the lecturer’s experiences and tips on how to act as a creditor’s representative in this type of cases and how to deal with a number of emerging practical difficulties will be presented.
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On 22 March 2022 KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL will take part in MOD Cirrus Programme organized by TD-Info and techUK.
TD-Info and techUK are jointly holding an Industry Engagement event with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), to update industry on MOD’s progress and plans regarding the Cirrus Programme.
The Cirrus team wish to stimulate a discussion on how collaboration with industry can support progress in the delivery and adoption of cloud capabilities.
The discussion will focus on the assumptions and goals of Cirrus programme, scope and timeline, MODCloud ecosystem, datacentre rationalization.
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The number of financial frauds consisting in phishing login details in electronic banking services is growing worldwide, including Poland. Fraudsters use the Internet and telephone, impersonating, inter alia, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the Credit Information Bureau or banks. As the Bank Cyber Security Center of the Polish Bank Association points out, the methods used by criminals include, inter alia, telephones in which undetermined people call potential victims and pretend to be commonly recognized financial institutions, try to obtain sensitive data used, for example, to log in to electronic banking. Fraudsters can also persuade the people they call to install software on the computer or phone that will allow them to take control of the victim’s device and obtain further data – such as logins and passwords for banking services, as well as SMS codes authorizing transactions financial.
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The United States and the European Commission have committed to a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union when it struck down in 2020 the Commission’s adequacy decision underlying the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
This Framework will reestablish an important legal mechanism for transfers of EU personal data to the United States. The United States has committed to implement new safeguards to ensure that signals intelligence activities are necessary and proportionate in the pursuit of defined national security objectives, which will ensure the privacy of EU personal data and to create a new mechanism for EU individuals to seek redress if they believe they are unlawfully targeted by signals intelligence activities. This deal in principle reflects the strength of the enduring U.S.-EU relationship, as we continue to deepen our partnership based on our shared democratic values.
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