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Practical aspects of the UK-EU trade deal

KG Legal Kieltyka Gladkowski is attending the webinar on Tuesday, 5 January 2020 organised by the UK Institute of Export & International Trade. The webinar will be devoted to practical aspects of the UK-EU trade deal. There will be presented an overview of the major aspects that the deal traders need to prepare for, including:

  • Rules of Origin
  • Customs and VAT rules
  • Product and regulatory compliance
  • Trade in services – including financial and legal
  • Rules for business travel
  • Mutual recognition of qualifications

The knowledge gained through this webinar will enable our lawyers to provide tailor made legal services for our Clients in cross border cases.

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Revolution in the fur industry in Poland and in the Polish animal protection laws

“Five for animals “, as the Polish press refers to the newly amended animal protection laws, is still awaiting for the final voting. The poultry industry is demanding amendments and opposing the introduction of a ban on fur farming and a ban on ritual slaughter in Poland. Traders fear the loss of their source of income, already threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. They explain that the new solutions will result in a loss of financial liquidity and difficulties in paying off loans taken out to build and modernise farms. The sector organisations explain that the Polish poultry industry, which is the main exporter of poultry in the EU, may collapse overnight.

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New EU rules for posting workers have been implemented in Poland – the President signed the act regulating cross-border labour law

The Polish parliament passed an amendment to the act on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and some other acts. The amendment to the Polish law implements EU regulations. According to the press releases, the amendment may affect all 31 thousand employees posted from other countries to the territory of Poland.

Change of employment conditions of a posted worker on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

The purpose of the amendment is to implement the EU Directive 2018/957 of June 28, 2018 regarding the posting of workers as part of the provision of services.

In line with the recital 13 of the Directive, experience shows that workers who have been hired out by a temporary employment undertaking or placement agency to a user undertaking are sometimes sent to the territory of another Member State in the framework of the transnational provision of services. The protection of those workers should be ensured. Member States should ensure that the user undertaking informs the temporary employment undertaking or placement agency about the posted workers who are temporarily working in the territory of a Member State other than the Member State in which they normally work for the temporary employment undertaking or placement agency or for the user undertaking, in order to allow the employer to apply, as appropriate, the terms and conditions of employment that are more favourable to the posted worker.

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Why apart from BEREC there is no regulatory authority in the European Union to oversee the software and internet content economy under EU Regulation 2015/2120?

Why apart from BEREC there is no regulatory authority in the European Union to oversee the software and internet content economy under EU Regulation 2015/2120?

The level of still high digital exclusion around the world does not mean that we do not live in the internet age. The problem is not only caused by the lack of possibility to use services in general, but also by the lack of open internet access. The European Union has been trying to normalize this situation for several years, but still does not have proper regulatory authorities. Why then does the control of the Internet rest on the shoulders of national regulators?

Main objectives of the Regulation 2015/2120

(Full name of the legal act: The Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union)

The most important objective of the Regulation was to ensure equal and non-discriminatory, open internet access in all EU Member States. It has also become necessary to change contractual patterns due to new information obligations imposed on telecommunications undertakings. New rules for data transmission management and regulation of roaming prices in the European Union also came into force.

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2 key provisions for the defendant with a cross-border European Order for Payment

What to do when a company with foreign shareholding structure, formally registered in Poland, receives a payment order by registered mail from a foreign court in the European Union on the EU form?

The European Order for Payment is – according to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 1896/2006 / EC of 12 December 2006 establishing a European order for payment procedure, Journal of EU L 399/1 of 30.12.2006 (hereinafter: “the Regulation”) – a court order issued (on the form) in cross-border civil and commercial cases (Article 2 (1) sentence 1 of the Regulation) for the purpose of pursuing pecuniary claims for specified amount, which are due at the time of lodging an application for a European order for payment.

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