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2007-12-12
New consumer policy strategy
Development of ADR and ODR systems, plus intensive investigations of standard contracts, especially in the new technology sectors, are among the priorities of the Consumer Policy Strategy for 2007–2009, adopted by the Council of Ministers on 5 December
2007-11-29
State aid in 2006
Nearly PLN 6 bln of state aid was given to undertakings in Poland in 2006. It is over a billion more than the previous year, reads a report prepared by the OCCP and adopted on 27 November 2007 by the Council of Ministers
2007-11-12
Takeover of Gdańsk Shipyard Cleared
The Donbass Group is allowed to take over the Gdańsk Shipyard. According to the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection the transaction is not going to affect competition on the market
2007-11-07
A fine of PLN 50 million for the insurance giant
The practices of PZU Życie concerning employee group insurance violate the law, ruled Marek Niechciał, President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, and imposed a fine of over PLN 50 million on the company
2007-11-07
A fine of almost PLN 20 million for TP EMITEL
The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection found that TP EmiTel, subsidiary of Telekomunikacja Polska and the owner of TV and radio transmission stations, had discriminated against public broadcasters for many years
2007-10-17
Artists under protection
The OCCP has been looking at the practices of copyright protection organizations for a couple of years now. It has also been monitoring the phonographic market. Consequently, yet another antitrust proceedings have been initiated against ZAIKS
2007-10-02
Severe fines for a tender collusion
Three enterprises from Silesia will jointly pay over PLN 900 thousand for rigging their bids in a tender for the delivery and assembly of the equipment in the buildings on the border crossing in Dorohusk, ruled the President of the OCCP
2007-09-28
Who can you trust on the web
Can advertisements of cosmetics presented on the Internet mislead consumers? Today the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is checking that
2007-09-18
Media reshuffles
Marquard Media, a publishing house, may take over a number of titles owned by Axel Springer Polska, while Axel may purchase a daily newspaper and a web portal from Marquard
2007-09-05
Quality of fuels in the first half of 2007
The quality of fuels in Poland has got worse – this is the conclusion of the inspections conducted by the Trade Inspection in the first half of 2007
