On Poland’s accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004, EC competition law became an integral part of Polish law alongside domestic competition law. In the months leading up to accession, Poland took legislative steps in order to make enforcement less problematical.

On July 2, 2004 the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, passed the Law on Freedom of Conducting Commercial Activity (<I>Official Journal of 2004</I>, No.173, item 1807, as amended) which replaced the 1999 Law on Economic Activity. The new law aims to reduce the amount of red tape accompanying the business activity of entrepreneurs from its start-up, through business activity, to its closing down. Such terms as ‘‘business activity’’ and ‘‘entrepreneur’’ are defined for application within th

A summary of recent developments in insurance, reinsurance and litigation law.