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The applicable e-commerce policy is over 20 years old. That is why the European Union launched a regulatory package for online platforms a few years ago.

In May 2022, recognizing the arguments of the team of the Public Procurement Law and Waste Management Department of the law firm SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM, consisting of:

• Anna Specht-Schampera
• Aleksandra Płudowska
• Tomasz Dąbrowski,

The National Board of Appeals has ruled that Warsaw improperly conducted a negotiated procedure for waste collection.

On Friday, October 21, 2022. The Court of Public Procurement dismissed a complaint by the City of Warsaw and the MPO and confirmed that Warsaw could not directly contract out waste collection to its own company, bypassing the bidding procedures, thus finding the application appropriate.

We congratulate the team of the Public Procurement and Waste Management Law Department of the law firm SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM!

Working from home, New Work, flexibility, self-organisation, trust-based working hours. These (and other) terms describe what is no longer a vision of the future or a mere phenomenon. Day-to-day working life has fundamentally changed in the last two and a half years at the latest since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which acted as a catalyst in this respect.

The development and commercialisation of drones is making relentless progress. Due to the wide range of applications and the rapid technical advances, unmanned aircraft – or “UAS” (=Unmanned Aircraft System) for short – are predicted to be a promising future.

We are delighted to announce that the M&A Department of SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM has been recognised in the IFLR1000!

IFLR1000 has been providing information on law firms and lawyers specialising in financial transactions and corporate law for over 20 years.

It currently publishes rankings for more than 120 jurisdictions worldwide.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients for their trust and votes and congratulate the entire Corporate/M&A Law Team immensely on this success.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM team

In case of a hacking attack, unauthorised attackers attempt to access external PCs, notebooks, smartphones, tablets or even entire corporate networks. Since the frequency of such attacks has increased massively in Europe over the past year, in this article we look at the successful hacker attack from the outside, which encrypts the affected systems in such a way that the company can no longer access its system at all.

Cryptocurrency, big data, artificial intelligence, data theft, cloud, virtual, augmented, or mixed reality, cyber warfare, telemedicine, social media, autonomous driving, Industry 4.0, Criminal Law 4.0, NFTs – these are not the only issues that are bringing about the era of the fourth so-called digital revolution. Each of these digital changes is bringing new challenges to all facets of society – the link between law and technology is one of the biggest. An example that illustrates the special relationship between legal and digital technologies very well are NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

The "current turning point" in connection with the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine has not only a political but also perhaps an even greater economic dimension. The sharp rise in the price of raw materials and energy has led to a dramatic increase in costs for companies. The interruption of supply chains often causes production downtimes in industry. Despite all the harmonisation of laws that has taken place in the last 20 to 30 years, especially in the European legal sphere, this issue has remained untouched by efforts at legal standardisation. The reason for this was apparently a lack of topicality. Therefore, with this article, we provide an overview of how this topic is handled legally with regard to three key questions in the respective countries of our partner law firms.

LEGAL500 has published its report on the best law firms – in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) – by category.
SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM Public Procurement (TIER3) practice was among those honoured – exactly the year we celebrate our 20th anniversary.

Dear Sirs,

exactly two decades ago we started our business. During these twenty years we have achieved a lot of success. Initially operating in the local market, we gained a strong position in the national industry. Then, by joining international networks, we joined forces with foreign law offices and entered the global market.

We have never let go. We approach our work with maximum energy and commitment, always putting the client's best interests first. We are aware that it is the client who is most important to us - that we work for people and thanks to them our work makes sense.

Dear Sirs,

Due to the events that will take place on the territory of Ukraine starting from 24 February 2022 we receive more and more questions related to the possibility of conducting business activity by citizens of Ukraine on the territory of Poland. To meet the expectations, we decided to collect the most frequently asked questions and present them to you in the form of questions and answers (Q&A).

Your Team of SDZLEGAL Schindhelm

The provision of commercial services using unmanned aircraft initially requires that the corresponding approvals are obtained. Pursuant to the provisions of the Aviation Law of 03.07.2002, the certificate of competence is a document certifying the possession of certain qualifications and authorising the exercise of certain aviation activities.

Already in 2020, the European Commission presented the draft for a new EU regulation on a single market for digital services, through which the latest developments in the field of digital services are to be incorporated and regulated at EU level. The proposal aims at better protection of consumer rights in the digital environment and at the joint internal market-related enforcement potential of the EU Member States.

Regulations concerning computer piracy (CP) are included in criminal law, among other things. According to Art. 278 § 2 of the Act of 6 June 1997 (StGB (Strafgesetzbuch [German Criminal Code])), anyone who appropriates someone else’s computer program in order to gain a financial advantage is also punished with a term of imprisonment intended for theft. At the civil law level, regulations for combating CP are described in the law of 4 Feb. 1994 on copyright and related property rights.

There are no legal provisions that allow the automatic cancellation of the performance of the contract in the event of circumstances that one party could not foresee. “Force majeure” is not precisely defined in Polish law; the case law only provides for conditions under which a best situation qualifies as force majeure. Contractual provisions are of central importance in difficulties with the performance of the contract. It is possible to obtain in court not only the dissolution of the concluded contract, but also the modification of its terms, such as the manner of performance of obligations or the extent of the scope of performance.

As of 1 April 2021 Kancelaria Prawna Schampera, Dubis, Zając i Wspólnicy was transformed into a general partnership (pl. spółka jawna).

Therefore, as of 1 April 2021, the partnership operates under the name Kancelaria Prawna Schampera, Dubis, Zając i Wspólnicy sp. j.

We would like to inform you that on Tuesday, 30 March 2021, the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy dated 26 March 2021 came into force, according to which the deadlines for preparing financial statements for private sector entities and non-profit organisations were extended by 3 months, while for public finance sector entities - by 1 month. This decision is the Ministry’s response to demands for extending the deadlines for preparing financial statements.

Anna Specht-Schampera recognized for the sixth time in a row in #ChambersEurope2021 ranking of lawyers specializing in public procurement law!

Anna Specht-Schampera is an attorney at law and partner heading the Department of Public Procurement and Waste Management at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM.

We would like to congratulate BUDIMEX S.A. on its victory in the appeal proceedings before the National Chamber of Appeals, where our Client was represented by the attorney Anna Specht - Schampera who heads the Public Procurement Department at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM. Winning in the National Appeal Chamber (ref. KIO 352/21) opens the way for the Client to implement the order "Design and construction of the S19 road on the section Haćki - Bielsk Podlaski Zachód junction", worth almost 326 million PLN.

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many sectors of economy. It is no different for the domestic real estate market. In 2020, two basic trends could be observed in this respect :

1. purchase of real estate to diversify the investment portfolios – especially estates located in cities with high growth potential, intended for sale or rent.

2. increased interest in real estate in the most popular tourist destinations in Poland, intended for short-term rental, possibly cased by the travel restrictions.

Aleksandra Krawczyk is an advocate and insolvency administrator with broad professional experience gained also during foreign internships. She has been cooperating with SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM for 7 years, dealing with bankruptcy and restructuring law, conducting court disputes and issues related to business succession. At the Ruprecht Karl University in Heidelberg, she graduated from the program Legum Magistrate in Unternehmensrestrukturierung (LL.M. corp. restruc.). Since 2020, she has been a partner in SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and head of the Restructuring Team.

Congratulations!

Ladies and Gentlemen! Dear Customers!

We will be celebrating Christmas soon.

Although the year 2020 is dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and due to that not all of us will be able to gather together during Christmas.

We believe that this magical time can still abound in many beautiful and warm moments.

SDZLEGAL Schindhelm advised Max Bögl International SE and Vortex Energy Poland on the sale of  25.3 MW 9 turbines operating onshore wind farm in Jozwin, Poland to Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG). Jozwin wind farm has been operating already nearly 5 years.

Legal assistance was provided by Agnieszka Łuszpak-Zając, partner responsible for real estate, construction and energy sector, together with Tomasz Szarek, partner, head of M&A team and Aleksandra Krawczyk, partner and team leader of restructuring team, who was responsible for banking and financing part of the transaction and supervising transactional work. Other SDZLEGAL lawyers involved in transaction are Marta Ignasiak, tax advisor who provided tax advise and Bartosz Frydel, associate, assisting in real estate issues.

The Schindhelm Alliance opens a new office. It is located at Zygmunta Starego 11A in Gliwice. Responsible for the development of the new office is Marcin Śledzikowski, who was promoted to partner at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM. The new office in Gliwice is a confirmation of the current development direction of the Law Firm in the region of Upper Silesia and Opole.

We kindly invite you to the webinar: "Brexit – doubts and challenges " on 15.10.2020,9:30-12:30 on Teams, co – organized by SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM, British Polish Chamber of  Commerce and IAG Global.

During the meeting we will present solutions to the most important problems that entrepreneurs will challenge in connection with Brexit. They will be presented by the Polish lawyers from SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and British lawyers from Birketts LLP and Aaron & Partners LLP, Solicitors.

Yesterday, 20 September, 18 years have passed since our Law Firm was registered in the National Court Register. Thank you very much to all Clients and Associates who have accompanied us during this time! It was a period of great development, undertaking new challenges and meeting the growing demands of the market. We hope for further successes.

Thank you for being with us!

We are pleased to invite you to the German-Polish exhibition „What’s left undone today, tomorrow will not do”, sponsored by SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM.

The exhibition will be presented Michał Jankowski’s series of portraits The Blind (2020), Aleksandra Kubiak’s latest project, which consists of an art object and a co-existing performative film, and Alexander Camaro’s selected painting and graphic works.

The German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Polska) celebrates its 25^th anniversary in 2020.

We are happy to announce that SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM is for the fith time a sponsor supporter to Krzyżowa-Music International Chamber Music Festival 2020. The Festival is under the artistic direction of Viviane Hagner and it will take place on 18-30 of August in Krzyżowa, Świdnica, Szczawno-Zdrój and Grodziszcz.

We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “anti-crisis shields”. On 31^st March this year the anti-crisis shield 1.0. was adopted and entered into force on the very same day.
On 18^th April the anti-crisis shield 2.0. entered into force. On 28-29 April 2020, further draft laws were published, including a draft law on interest subsidies on bank loans granted to provide liquidity to entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 (draft law on subsidies). The act, called the anti-crisis shield 3.0., finally entered into force on 16^th May 2020.

We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “anti-crisis shields”. On 31^st March this year the anti-crisis shield 1.0. was adopted and entered into force on the very same day. On 18^th April the anti-crisis shield 2.0. entered into force. On 28-29 April 2020, draft further laws were already published, including a draft law on interest subsidies on bank loans granted to provide liquidity to entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 (draft law on subsidies), as well as the draft law amending certain laws regarding protective measures with relation to the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The first act, called the anti-crisis shield 3.0., finally entered into force on 16^th May 2020.The government's work on the draft law on subsidies was also completed and the draft law was adopted by the Sejm on 5th June 2020 and submitted to the Senate.

We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “anti-crisis shields”. On 31st March this year the anti-crisis shield 1.0. was adopted and entered into force on the very same day.

On 18th April the anti-crisis shield 2.0. entered into force.

We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “anti-crisis shields”. On 31st March this year the anti-crisis shield 1.0. was adopted and entered into force on the very same day. On 18th April the anti-crisis shield 2.0. entered into force. On 28-29th April 2020 further drafts were published, including a draft law on interest subsidies on bank loans granted to provide liquidity to entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 (draft law on subsidies), as well as the draft law amending certain laws regarding protective measures with relation to the spread of SARS-CoV-2. On 30th April the latter draft was adopted by the Sejm and passed to the Senate. Government work on the draft law on the subsidies is still ongoing.

Support mechanisms adopted so far by the Polish government, consisting of the so-called anti-crisis shield, turn out to be insufficient from the perspective of the needs of the entrepreneurs who are suffering the negative economic consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. The government therefore decided to introduce an additional support programme - the PFR financial shield for companies and employees. The aim of the programme, implemented through the Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. (PFR), is, in particular, to protect the labour market and ensure financial liquidity for entrepreneurs in the period of serious economic disruption. The assumed cost of the programme implementation is PLN 100 billion.

Just a few days ago, we informed you that on 31 March this year the Act on amending the Act on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, commonly referred to as the anti-crisis shield, was adopted. Meanwhile already on the weekend of 4th and 5th April this year the first information on the planned further legislative changes was published. The new draft, called the anti-crisis shield 2.0., was submitted to the Sejm on 7th April. The draft in an almost unchanged form was adopted and submitted to the Senate on 8th April this year. The Senate dealt with the project on 16th April and adopted some changes. The same day the final version, including some of the changes proposed by the Senate, was adopted. On 17th April the President of Poland undersigned the act. The law enters into force the next day after its publishing.

Please note that none of the legal regulations introduced, in connection with the prevention of COVID-19 does not modify the deadline for the commencement of the mandatory share dematerialisation procedure by joint stock companies and limited joint-stock partnerships.

On the Portal Komunalny Bartosz Frydel, Attorney-at-law trainee at SDZLEGAL Schindhelm, comments on recent changes to the Act on Renewable Energy Sources that have been made by the Anti-Crisis Shield. This topic will be shown by him in the full spectrum in the May issue of the „Energia i Recykling” magazine. We encourage you to read the comment and to contact us in case of any inquires. Some renewable energy producers may need to take urgent decisions to prevent financial loss.

On the weekend of 21st and 22nd March this year, the first information on detailed solutions of the planned package of laws, known as the anti-crisis shield, was published. Only a few hours later it was revealed that proposals for changes and additions were presented by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, the Social Insurance Institution and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; UOKiK). It has also been made public that the new provisions are to take into account proposals for supporting entrepreneurs announced by the President of the Republic of Poland. In the meantime, a draft act was made available.

On 26th March this year, a partially amended draft was adopted by the Council of Ministers and sent to the Polish Parliament. The Sejm (lower Parliament’s chamber) adopted the law that included further amendments on 28th March. Already on 30th March, the Senate considered the document submitted by the Sejm and introduced a number of significant changes. The Sejm rejected most of them the next day, restoring the content of the law to its original version. The Act on amending the Act on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 568) was signed by the President as well as published and it entered into force on the same day.

The current events following the outbreak and spread of the corona virus raises numerous legal questions. SDZLEGAL Schindhelm has established a COVID- 19-Unit consisting of our experts in the legal fields most frequently affected. We support you in all legal issues arising from current and future restrictions affecting your business operations.

Forced quarantine has lasted only a few days, but there is no doubt that it will cause financial problems for many entrepreneurs. In these difficult moments we remind you of the solutions offered by the Restructuring Law.

Next guests of SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and British Polish Chamber of Commerce attended the business breakfast devoted to combating the payment backlogs, i.e. delays in payments for goods and services.

On 27.02.2020 our first HR Breakfast this year took place in our office. This time, two related topics were analyzed: the first related to the obligation to comply with superiors' orders, the second related to epidemiological threats at the workplace - the duties of the employee and employer. The central issue that aroused the most emotions was the naturally growing threat of coronavirus infection.

According to Sec. 1118 ABGB (Austrian Civil Code), the lessor can terminate a lease unilaterally prematurely if the lessee makes a “considerably detrimental use” of the leased object. The scope and content of these legal provisions is a constant source of discussion. The mere performance of structural alterations by the lessee without the consent of the lessor does not in itself justify a good cause for the termination of the lease.

State and corporate compliance obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing remain an utmost priority for EU member states. Companies (“legal entities”) have therefore been obliged to disclose their “beneficial owners”, among other things, for quite some time. In Austria, a separate database - the “Beneficial Owners Register” - was set up for this purpose. In course of the implementation of the 5th EU Money Laundering Directive, further tightening measures have now been adopted.

The new “Law on Trade Secrets” now implements the so-called “EU Trade Secrets Directive”. This adopts the European legal requirements for the protection of confidential know-how and secret business information. Moreover, the new legal provisions contain limitation periods and important procedural provisions for the protection of trade secrets in court proceedings.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled on the long-discussed question of whether and how website operators can integrate the Facebook Like button (so-called “social plug-in”) in accordance with data protection requirements.Th ECJ’s investigation results from a legal dispute between the Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and a subsidiary of Peek & Cloppenburg KG.

A new law on company crises has significantly changed the rules applicable to limited liability companies in this respect Among other things, the liability of the company’s management was tightened. Furthermore, the tasks of the supervisory body were expanded. The reform’s true impact remains to be seen: Will there be a change in corporate culture or will there be an increase in corporate crises?

“Whistleblower” - people who point out violations of the law - will be protected even more in the future. This is the aim of a new law that came into force a few months ago. The new regulation adds to already existing provisions on the protection of whistleblowers in the employment relationship.

State aid is granted on the basis of various criteria. The region or the economic sector in which the investment is made is decisive, but also the strategic importance of the investment and the level of the investment volume. Investments in structurally weak regions receive higher subsidies than investments in industrial areas. For the award of grants, a distinction is made between six different regions.

Micro and small enterprises, who wish to benefit from the electrical energy prices freeze in whole 2019, will have time to file the declaration until 13 August 2019.

The system of laws on mechanisms counteracting the effects of increase in electrical energy prices is nearing completion.

The system will consist of two acts of parliament: Act of 28 December 2018 Amending the Act on Excise Duty and Certain Other Acts and Act on Compensation System for Energy-Intensive Sectors and Subsectors, which is waiting for President's signature.

The law 11/2018 dated 28 December has been in force since the beginning of the year. This selectively modifies the Commercial Code, the Stock Corporation Act and the Law on Auditing.

Justified by the goal of solving legal disputes in a fast and economical manner without filing lawsuits and thus relieving the overloaded Turkish courts, a mediation procedure is implemented as a mandatory pre-condition for filing a lawsuit according to Turkish labour and commercial law.

It is the first anniversary of the GDPR. We would like to take this opportunity to provide you with an overview on the recent developments in the EU member states regarding GDPR, including information concerning first decisions, imposed fines and local law.

IAG has been associating law firms and tax advisors operating throughout the world for 30 years. Nowadays there are more than sixty law firms and tax advisors affiliated. They provide services in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM is a member of the IAG International Advisory Group since 2015.

The Top Employers Institute has announced results of 10th edition of the Top Employers programme, and have granted “the Top Employer” title to 1554 entities from 118 countries. In terms of the number of certified employers, Poland achieved 9th position – the title has been granted to 56 entities running theirs businesses in Poland.

Companies invest in know-how, from which there are important competitive advantages. Valuable information is the currency of the knowledge-based company. Maintaining confidentiality of business secrets is therefore a management instrument for competitiveness and research innovations. The loss of secrets can result in serious consequences, in particular, and generally can no longer be reversed.

The bank paid funds to the developer contrary to the content of the loan agreement concluded with our client. The developer has declared bankruptcy and our client had paid off the loan for almost 10 years for an apartment that has never been built. Despite making regular repayments to the bank, it finally demanded repayment of the entire debt at once.

Due to SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM’s efforts, the Regional Court in Wrocław confirmed that a commune which enacts a local zoning plan should thoroughly consider its effect on the value of properties.

In the budget planning for 2019, companies should prepare for the expected increase in Po-lish labour costs.

In the business world, situations often arise in which the only existing managing director wants to leave the company.

The presidential decree no. 32 issued on 12/09/2018 to protect the value of the Turkish cur-rency ("Decree") sets the limitation of foreign currency and foreign currency indexed contracts and stipulates that these contracts must be converted within 30 days into Turkish Lira (“TL”).

The client of the SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM has signed a contract "S-14 Construction of the Western Beltway of Łódź. Lot No. 1: Section I from the Łódź Lublinek node to the Łódź Teofilów node. Lot 2: Section II from the node Łódź Teofilów (without a node) to national road 91 in Słowik worth almost PLN 1 billion 150 million.

The National Chamber of Appeal’s ruling allows the Client, represented by legal counsel Katarzyna Skiba-Kuraszkiewicz, Partner in SDLEGAL SCHINDHELM, to conclude a 69 million PLN contract for a six-year long comprehensive maintenance of the A4 motorway section administered by the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA).

The client, represented in the winning proceedings before the National Chamber of Appeal by legal counsel Katarzyna Skiba-Kuraszkiewicz, Partner at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM, will sign a contract worth over 880 mln PLN for the construction of a 16 km section of national road No. 47.

The electronic transmission of tenders in the award procedure is nothing new and was already standardised in the Federal Procurement Act 2006 both for the classical area and for the area of sector contractors.

Online platforms and search engines dominate Internet trading. Unilateral business conditions, non-transparent algorithms and rankings are unfortunately not uncommon.

As in the past, in the case of company sales, the seller has repeatedly neither paid salaries due nor paid social security contributions due for employees, the Bulgarian Commercial Code was amended accordingly by three successive amendments in December 2017, February and March 2018.

International business transactions often involve cross border transfer of personal data. This is the case for instance where the data is stored on a server located in a third country (a country outside the EEA) or a third country IT service provider has access to the data processed by a company within the EU. If personal data is to be transferred to a third country specific provisions of the GDPR will apply.

On 19 October 2017 the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw issued a judgment (case no. IV SA/Wa 1306/17) in which it adopted interpretation of firm and regular source of income favourable for foreigners applying for recognition as a Polish citizens. Due to the judgement and SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM’s efforts Client from April 2018 benefits from final and binding decision recognizing him as a Polish citizen.

As of 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduces harsh sanctions for data breaches with extended scope of applicability.Companies and other data processing entities become potential subjects not only to the data subjects’ claims for damages, the enforceability of which has been enhanced, but also to increased administrative fines to be imposed by supervisory authorities.

The General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR) which will apply from 25th May 2018, introduces the position of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPO shall be the contact person for and shall be involved in all data protection related issues of the given entity. The DPO is either an employee (so called internal DPO) or a third-party contractor (so called external DPO). The DPO is an organ within the company which liaises with the authority, the company and the data subjects.

On 8th December 2017, the National Appeals Chamber issued a judgment (KIO 2443/17, KIO 2445/17) ordering the contracting authority to exclude a rival contractor on the basis of administrative penalties imposed for violating obligations coming from environmental law. This is one of the first judgments ordering exclusion on this legal ground.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the EU Parliament in 2016 provides a higher standard of protection of personal data for EU citizens. The GDPR will have direct effect in all member states as of May 25, 2018 and it will affect businesses all around the world that are engaged in activities with individuals in the EU.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the EU Parliament in 2016 provides a higher standard of protection of personal data for EU citizens. The GDPR will have direct effect in all member states as of May 25, 2018 and it will affect businesses all around the world that are engaged in activities with individuals in the EU.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU will come into force on 25 May 2018 and it will affect organisations worldwide working with or within the EU. The GDPR promotes accountability and governance. Organisations are required to put into place comprehensive governance measures to ensure compliance. Non-compliance can lead to heavy fines up to EUR 20 million or 4 % of the global annual turnover, whichever is higher.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the EU Parliament in 2016 provides a higher standard of protection of personal data for EU citizens. The GDPR will have direct effect in all member states as of May 25, 2018 and it will affect businesses all around the world that are engaged in activities with individuals in the EU.

regarding the tenders for the collection and management of municipal waste from the Poznań Agglomeration.

SDZLEGAL SCHIENDHELM law firm is a member of United Nations Global Compact – world’s largest organisation concerned with popularisation among private entrepreneurs of standards of balanced growth in fields of human rights, employees rights, environmental protection and anti-corruption. On the national level the project is governed by National Network – Global Compact Network Polska.

Experienced and skilled lawyers as well as tax and restructuring advisors provide support for debtors and creditors, also in cross-border insolvency proceedings.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM has advised Wrocław-based company CLEARCODE in course of the obtaining of external targeted financing for its subsidiary, Piwik PRO. By the investment agreement signed, the company received a total of 8 million PLN from the investment fund - Warsaw Equity Group and Tim Schumacher - an international entrepreneur and one of the most recognized European experts in the field of on-line marketing. It is one of the major investments in a start-up company on the Polish market.

We kindly announce that on 3. February 2017 the Public Procurement Law Association was established. The founding members of the Association are, among others, Anna Specht-Schampera - Partner in SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM, who is the memeber of the Association's management board.

Law Firm Schampera, Dubis, Zając i Wspólnicy Sp. k. was honored as the Ambassador of the Polish economy of 2016 in a contest organized by the Business Centre Club under the auspices of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussel.

Ambassador of the Polish economy, in example, represents and promotes Poland in an international arena as a trustworthy commercial partner, supports an image of an honest Polish entrepreneur, as well as attracts investors.

On 13 September 2016 took place another meeting of the Parliamentary Special Commission for deregulation (NRD). In this meeting as a delegate of the Business Centre Club took part Mr. Tomasz Szarek.

The Chamber in a verdict of 22 June 2016 (KIO 983/16) upheld the appeal lodged by SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM’s Client and ordered the Directorate to cancel the procedure in this mode.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM advised Polish company belonging to SSAB (Swedish producer of steel) during a process of merger with Polish structures of RUUKKI, a part of Rautaruukki holding. The aforesaid project was an element of an international merger of SSAB AB (Sweden) and Rautaruukki OY (Finland) with a whole value of 1.6 billion USD.

A purpose of this Memorandum is to shed a light on key issues regarding a new law on suspending a sell-out of agricultural land belonging to the Polish State Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the “new regulation”).The final draft of the new regulation has been passed by Polish Parliament on April 14, 2016. The new law has come into force on April 30, 2016. A main purpose of the new regulation is to impose limitations on a turnover of an agricultural land, not only that belonging to the State Treasury, but also land in private sector.

The SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM represents one of the largest Polish universities in a proceeding before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The case concerns the interpretation of an EU-financed grant agreement.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM with the cooperation with the “Public Procurement” magazine (pol. Przetargi Publiczne, hereby invite you to the international conference “The Public procurement practice in Germany and Austria”.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM is a sponsor of the international conference „30 Years of European Product Liability Law”, organized by the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław.

Dear All, we would like to kindly invite you

to the XIII Local Government Capital and Finance Forum, which will take place on 1 October 2015 at the International Congress Forum in Katowice. At this prestigious event in the world of local government SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM Law Firm will be represented by the legal adviser Tomasz Szarek – our partner managing the corporate law and mergers and acquisitions department. Mr. Tomasz Szarek will take part in the lectures covering the organization and supervision of the municipal governance in the municipality company and the modern model of the municipal council.

Mr. Katarzyna Gospodarowicz - legal adviser - expert in labour law of the SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM, will be participating in the panel discussion.

We kindly invite you to read the article of the legal trainee from our Law Office Marcin Śledzikowski “When the company should submitted the first financial statement”, which was published in yesterday’s number of the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. The author discusses business practices in respect of the obligation concerning submitting financial statements for the first year of the business activity, in the light of the recent resolution of the Supreme Court

We would like to invite You to the lecture of the article of the legal adviser Katarzyna Gospodarowicz "For the offer to the foreigner the employer may pay the PLN 5.000 fine" published in yesterday's number of the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Author discussed the issues covering the discrimnation of the employers in respect of employment by Polish employers foreigners.

The appeal proceedings before the KIO and the proceedings before the District Court Complaint were conducted by the Partners of the SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM - legal adviser Katarzyna Skiba-Kuraszkiewicz and legal adviser Anna Specht-Schampera, specializing in public procurement law.

The object of the training is to discuss issues related to the non-competition clause during and after termination of the employment, including in particular the permissible and necessary elements of the non-competition agreements, as well as issues related to the business secret, including the concept of business secrets and conditions necessary to acquire data secret and confidentiality clauses with regard to the data that can be effectively covered by such secrecy.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM is pleased to invite You to an exhibition of paintings and sculptures of the artist Lev Stern, which will take place on Thursday 18th June 2015 in our Law Office - Budynek Starej Giełdy (the old stock exchange building), first floor, Plac Solny 16 Wroclaw.

From 10 to 12 April 2015 lawyers from the law firm SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM went to Wolimierz, a village in Lower Silesia.

16 May 2015 r Lawyers from the SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM Law Office took part in the II Corporate Run in Wroclaw.

On 14.05.2015 legal adviser from our Law Office Katarzyna Gospodarowicz published the article covering the consent of the employer to the publishing employer image by the employee.

Whistle blower is a person who, acting in good faith and in the interests of the public good, exposing non-regularities or unethical behavior in the workplace or work environment, exposing themselves to mobbing, loss of employment or marginalization.

We kindly invite you to read the articles wrote by legal apprentice Marcin Śledzikowski under the tittle: “Member of the management board of the company as a proxy - practical issues”, which was published on April 2, 2015 in the 6th number of the newspaper “Przegląd Radcowski” of the Chamber of the Legal Advisors in Wroclaw. In such article author presents a reflection on the possibility of establishing of the member of the management board of the company as a proxy in the same company. Commented solution may be an interesting alternative for entrepreneurs, because there are situations where the necessity of making some legal action occurs in the period in which the acting jointly by two members of the management board is impossible or very difficult, eg. As a result of illness of one of them.

We would like to invite you to read the article of legal advisor Katarzyna Gospodarowicz: "Personal data: information about the applicant on the full time job will flow not freely", dated on 19.03.2015 in "Rzeczpospolita". Article is a synthetic summary of the issues that must be measured to an entrepreneur at the stage of recruitment.

We would like to invite you to read the article of Mr. Jaroslaw Fidala "The sale of the Internet to effectively limit", dated on March 20, 2015 in "Rzeczpospolita". The author discusses the main risks of the entrepreneur from the sale of Internet products.

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On 24-26.03.2015 r. In Iławie will be held the V Conference under the title: „Fuels from waste. Law-Investments Innovations-Market.”

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Between 29 – 30 September 2014 in Mariott Hotel in Warsaw will be workshops focusing on the consumer issue in real estate and development industry – the most recent amendments to law and current practice. On the second day of Conference, i.e. 30 September 2014 will give a lecture “Collection and settlement of deposits, advances and payments and charging contractual penalties, according to the stage of investment completion” dr. Agnieszka Łuszpak-Zając, Partner of SDZLEGAL, which is the leader of Real Estate Department.

Dear All, We kindly remind you, that with regards to companies, in which the fiscal year corresponds to the calendar year, 30 June is the deadline for the approval by the company‘s competent authority of the annual financial statement for the year 2013.

The XXIV Confernce „Exploitation and recultivation of waste management/landfill site” 18-20 February 2014, Zakopane, managed by Abrys Sp. z o.o.

“Formal and legal conditions to create recultivation fund in individual organizational forms of installation”

Lecture ofAnna Specht-Schampera: “Waste management in new legal system – execution of the provisions of Act on municipality level”

November 12, 2013 the Ministry of Economy submitted to inter-ministerial and social consultations the bill on renewable energy sources. Comments to the bill may be submitted among others through the Internet consultation system until 26 November 2013.

Lecture of Legal Advisor Anna Specht-Schampera at the municipal workshop sessions „Inspections and penalty in waste management”

We are pleased to inform, that on October 7th, 2013, another edition of SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM seminar in the series of „DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA” will take place.

An employment contract is a traditional, but also the most expensive form of cooperation with a manager. In many cases, the change in the form of cooperation, or the payment of salaries from several titles can significantly increase the revenue of manager, and also reduce the burdens on the entity, for which the manager provides his/her services.

On July 1, 2013, the new system of municipal waste management was implemented in our country. Commune took over the responsibilities connected with collection, transport, recycling and neutralizing of waste. Did the communes manage to prepare for changes on time? If not, why?

On 23 July,2013 the Council of Ministers adopted 14 regulations extending by six years, i.e. to 2026, the time limit of functioning of the Special Economic Zones. This is very good news for entrepreneurs who has been already operating in the Special Economic Zones as well as for those who wants to start their business activity in Special Economic Zones.

„1 autre . de vue - inny punkt widzenia” is a title of the photo exhibition organised by students of the Institute of Romans Studies of the University in Wrocław.

Licence fee has to be paid for each radio device fitted in a company car. Licence fee has to be paid as many times as there are company cars equipped with a radio in a company. In order to rescue the TVP (Public...

Polish German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) Regional Office in Wrocław together with the law office SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM invite you for a training “Liability of management board members for the violation of antitrust law in …

Once again SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM participates in the charity action of Gazeta Wyborcza and Agora Foundation called "Santa Claus Factory". This year, thanks to all the cooperating companies we managed to collect almost …

Cracow automobile club, decided to arrange the I st historical edition of the Rally of Poland, in beautiful locations of the Little Poland. The Rally was supposed to refer to the tradition of the Rally of Poland, and in its form, …

On the 13-14.09.2012 in Gliwice the National Conference shall take place: Biowaste – Compost plant as the necessary element of reduction of the level of biodegradable waste. The Conference shall be organized by EKORUM. During …

On the 19.09. - 22.09.2012 a 41st Convention of National Forum Waste Management Companies Directors. During the convention Anna Specht-Schampera from SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM shall present a lecture “Directives to the act on …

Law firm SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM together with law firm CMS Cameron McKenna obtained for their clients – a company MAX BÖGL Polska Sp. z o.o. and a company MAX BÖGL Bauunternehmung GmbH&Co.KG a security for the claim for …

Please be informed that on the 30th of June the period for accepting the annual financial report in units expires. This refers to the units in which the financial year ends on 31st of December. Until that date the Ordinary …

We would like to invite you for our new training "Cooperation with the security of the company -practical and legal issues". The goal of our training is to provide you with practical information concerning the rules of …

We invite you for a training: "Employee’s right for protection of privacy. What can the employer do within the scope of control, identification, appearance and obtaining information about the employee" The main goal …

On 30.05-01.06 Abrys Sp. z o.o. conducts a Seminar – “Fuels from waste”. The seminar shall take place in Chorzów. During the seminar Anna Specht-Schampera from SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM shall present a lecture Installation for …

We have the pleasure to invite you to our new seminar organized by SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM in cooperation with Trinity Corporate Services, describing the benefits of business optimization through a limited partnership or a limited …

On the 16th of May 2012 Wolters Kluwers is conducting a seminar in Warsaw - “Problems connected with the reforming of communal waste management system”. During the seminar Anna Specht-Schampera from SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM shall …

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and the Student’s Scientific Group of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economy of the Wroclaw University invites students and other interested for a Workshop: “Practical aspects of a due …

“Systems of security of a football game – local legal, technical, sociological, criminal, cultural and philosophical aspects in the light of international requirements”

Between 12 and 13 April 2012 in Rzeszów EKORUM will be organizing a conference: “Local communities as waste management regions”. During the conference Anna Specht-Schampera, attorney at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM will give a …

Between 23 and 25 March 2012 in Rzucew the National Association of Public Procurement Consultants will be organizing a conference “Public procurement law: before and after the amendments”. During the conference Anna …

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM in collaboration with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland (CCIFP) will conduct a seminar concerning the antimonopoly risks which are a result of each entrepreneur’s obligation to comply with …

On the 6th of February 2012 the Ministry of Economy finished the public consultations of the new project of the regulation on renewable energy sources. Please find enclosed the comments to the project as well as the results of …

Once again SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM has been awarded with the title of „Business Gazelle 2011” in the ranking of Journal “Puls Biznesu”.

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM is one of the sponsors of the event „Three countries – Three cities 2012” within which the New Jewish Chamber Philharmonic Dresden conducted by Michael Hurshell shall perform concerts in Dresden, Strasbourg …

SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM in cooperation with the University of Wroclaw shall conduct lectures in the Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates (PEPP) from the European Universities. The Programme is organized by …

We have the pleasure to inform that SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM supports the project WOMEN OF LAW – a charity action of the Foundation “Between Heaven and Earth”. The goal of this year action is to gather funds for the pupils of the …

Ladies and Gentlemen, We invite you for the evening inaugurating the alliance of Law Firm Schampera, Dubis, Zając i Wspólnicy with SCHINDHELM - the international network of law firms with offices in Middle / Eastern Europe and …

SDZLEGAL became a member of SCHINDHELM - the international alliance of corporate law firms.

The President of the Republic of Poland signed the Amendment on 24 July 2019. Therefore the Amendment in the scope described below, in significant court fees increase, may enter into force even within the next 3 weeks.

Dear Sir/Madame,

from 25th May 2018 apply the provisions of the EU general regulation on the protection of personal data. According to the changing regulations and due to the fact, that in the scope of cooperation with Kancelaria Prawna Schampera, Dubis, Zając i Wspólnicy sp. k. (SDZLEGAL Schindhelm) we process Your personal data we kindly inform You that:

Voivodship Administrative Court in Rzeszów declared in verdict of 28 September 2017 that the resolution of Regional Assembly of Podkarpackie Voivodship of 5 January 2017 no XXXI/551/17 concerning Waste Management Plan for Podkarpackie Voivodship 2022 is partly null and void. The contested part concerned qualification of Client’s installation as substitute one, whereas it should be qualified as Regional Municipal Waste Treatment Installation.

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Project LUNETA is part of the Program „Neighbourhood Regained”, which initiators are Foundation Zukunft Berlin and city Wrocław.

LUNETA lets residents and visitors of Wroclaw and Berlin visit the partner city, take a virtual walk, get to know more about the history, presence and the future of two cities . LUNETA is to be placed simultaneously in Wroclaw in front of the main railway station and in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz from May till July 2016.

We are pleased to invite you to the 14th Seminar for municipal operators, which will be held from 7th to 9th October 2015 at the hotel Trylogia in Zielonka near Warszawa. On the second day of the seminar her lecture on "Incineration plants vs Mechanical biological waste treatment installations. Safety waste stream for Mechanical biological waste treatment installations under current regulations, with particular consideration of tenders in municipalities" will give legal advisor Anna Specht-Schampera, partner and head of department of the Public procurement law at our firm.

We are pleased to invite you to the The Lower Silesia Political and Economic Forum –Sudeckie Forum which will take place on 21-22 May 2015 in Walbrzych.

In the article "The crew in the network on the company profile" in the Newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” dated on 12.03.2015 r., The authors present the role of the internet and social media in the relationship employer - employee. Very interesting topic. We would like to invite you to read.

The third historical edition of the Rally of Poland took place on 4-8th September 2014. The Rally refers to the tradition of the Rally of Poland, and in its form, to the Rallye Monte -Carlo Historique i.e. as a regularity rallying.

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We kindly invite you to read another legal alert, in which the lawyers from SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM – Konrad Schampera, Managing Partner, and Jarosław Fidala, Associate, comment on the last decision of the German Antimonopoly Office, by which 21 entrepreneurs, and 33 physical persons were fined with financial penalties in the total amount of approx. 338 million euros for the price-fixing cartel.

We kindly inform you that in accordance with Article 45(1f) of the Act of 29 September 1994 on Accountancy, the financial statements are prepared in electronic form and bear a qualified electronic signature or a signature confirmed by the ePUAP trusted profile.

Within this project our lawyers provided advice on the entry of financing investor, from the stage of negotiations and financing structure planning, through its protection and implementation.

Szanowni Państwo,

Zapraszamy do lektury artykułu radcy prawnego z naszej Kancelarii Jarosława Fidali pt. "Kiedy przedsiębiorca odpowiada za działania pośrednika handlowego", który ukazał się w środowym numerze gazety Rzeczpospolita (26.08.2015). Autor w przedmiotowym artykule analizuje negatywne skutki wynikające dla zleceniodawców z naruszenia prawa konkurencji przez pośredników handlowych działających w imieniu i na rachunek zleceniodawców.

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We kindly invite you to read of the article of our attorney Aleksandra Krawczyk “Note to the business partners across the Odra River” which was published in yesterday number of the newspaper “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” (08/18/2015). In the article the author analyzed the risks associated with the cooperation with the German entrepreneurs who are at risk of insolvency. The author describes the practice of the German trustees, consisting of appeal against the actions of the bankruptcy companies made up for 10 years before the bankruptcy. Its effect can also be imposed on Polish entrepreneur obligation to return all payments received at that time from the German contractor.

We kindly invite you to the lecture of the article of the legal adviser Katarzyna Gospodarowicz and legal adviser Wojciech Zając – managing the labour law department of our law office as follows: “How to eliminate working on high”, which was published on the Thursday’s number of the newspaper Rzeczpospolita (13.08.2015). The authors presented the practical solutions for the employers, showing how it can cope with the problem of the designer drugs, despite the lack of statutory regulation in this area.

We would like to kindly invite You to lecture of the article of our attorney Aleksandra Krawczyk “"Criminal compliance as a measures of preventing liability of collective entities for acts prohibited under penalty,", which was published in the “Monitor Prawa Gospodarczego”. The author discussed the risks of the latest amendment to the criminal law in the context of criminal liability of companies and methods to prevent this type of risk.

We would like to kindly invite You to the lecture of the article our law adviser Jarosław Fidala, which was published today in the newspaper Rzeczpospolita "Useful clauses for the company". Author discussed the most-favored clause and benefits posed by entrepreneurs.

We would like to kindly inform You that according to the resolution of the Supreme Court dated on 30.01.2015 (file no. III CZP 34/14) entry in the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register proxy with the provision, that he is entitled to act only jointly with the other member of the management board (joint irregular proxy) is inadmissible.

We would like to invite you attend in the next meeting of the series “TAX Breakfasts” organized by the SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and Spolkaiprawo.pl on 9.04.2015 at 12:00 - Plac Solny 16 in Wroclaw. During the meeting, we will talk about the current changes in tax regulations, which are essential for running business. More information you can find under the link.

On 27.03.2015 in the office of SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM training on collective redundancies, personal redundandies and alternative solutions than redundancies, such as in the form for voluntary redundancy programs was held. Training was conducted by legal advisor Wocjiech Zając - partner in the labour law department in SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM and legal advisor Dominika Szachniewicz. We would like to say thank you to all trainees for your participation and invitge you to the next training on labour law!