Month: March 2019

With the beginning of 2018, the system of fees for water services has changed significantly. Over a year's practice showed numerous interpretative problems and led to the presentation of different viewpoints. Doubts arise, inter alia, from the obligation to pay a fixed fee in the situation of non-availability of infrastructure enabling the exercise of rights resulting from the permits held. We invite you to read the article by Marta Banasiak in Przegląd Komunalny.

Article available at: Opłaty za usługi wodne

Environmental Protection Law provides for situations in which the sanctioning process may be carried out in two stages, and each stage would end with a separate administrative decision. In such cases, we deal with so-called current fines, which are imposed from the moment of discovering violation until it ceases. The mechanism of current fines is worth knowing, which Marta Banasiak describes in the article for Sozosfera.pl. Knowledge of this mechanism will help avoiding surprise associated with limited possibilities of questioning the final amount of so determined sanction.

Article available at: https://sozosfera.pl/prawo/sankcje-w-ochronie-srodowiska-jedna-kara-dwie-decyzje/ 

It happens that resolutions impose additional responsibilities on shareholders that are not provided for by law or provisions of the articles of association. Do all shareholders concerned need to agree to such a resolution? Marcin Borkowski, PhD, elaborates on this issue on the example of the ruling of the Supreme Court of 18 April 2018.