ARTICLE · 05 JANUARY 2016

Adoption Of RES Amendment Act In Poland

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An amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act of 20 February 2015 ("RES Act") was adopted on 29 December 2015 (the "RES Amendment Act"). The RES Amendment Act still remains to be signed by the President and published in the Official Journal of Laws. It is scheduled to enter in force on 31 December 2015.

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Arkadiusz Krasnodębski

Michał Motylewski

Agnieszka Kulińska

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An amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act of 20 February 2015 ("RES Act") was adopted on 29 December 2015 (the "RES Amendment Act"). The RES Amendment Act still remains to be signed by the President and published in the Official Journal of Laws. It is scheduled to enter in force on 31 December 2015.

The RES Amendment Act will postpone by 6 months the change of the support scheme for renewable energy sources ("RES") from certificates of origin to auction based support. At the same time it extends the interim provisions of the RES Act being the legal basis for support through green certificates from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016 and additionally makes some adjustments to this scheme.

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