KG Legal Kiełtyka Gładkowski has effectively pursued the process of closing the branch of a foreign entrepreneur, as a effect of which the branch was successfully deleted from the Polish National Register of Entrepreneurs. The process of closing the Polish branch of a foreign company is a complex process, consisting of a number of stages. In particular it relates to major business entities, such as companies providing railway transport services. The procedure of closing the branch related to such an entity.
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From August 27, 2018, there will apply new provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure in Poland, changing the rules of the procedural mandate regarding matters related to the Hague Convention – introducing obligatory legal representation of the Applicant by an attorney or a legal counsel. There has been added a new legal provision to the Code of Civil Procedure, namely article 5782.
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“Child abduction is a violation of the Hague Convention, which is penalized throughout the entire European Union. An arrest warrant has been issued in respect of you. The European arrest warrant has not been implemented in Poland only because in Poland and in the Czech Republic – the only two countries in Europe – a breach of the Hague Convention is not penalized“- said attorney Jakub Gładkowski in the discussion in connection with the cross-border case of parental child abduction on the grounds of the Hague Convention. Attorney K. Jakub Gładkowski of the Polish law firm KG LEGAL KIEŁTYKA GŁADKOWSKI was invited by the Polish Television to take part in the TV Programme “A Case for a Journalist” (broadcasted on TVP 1, 17 May 2018, at 21:30).
‘A Case for a Journalist’ is, according to popular information, the only publicist TV programme broadcasted on the first channel of the Polish TV since 1984. The program has the highest viewing ratings in Poland (an average of 3.9 million viewers, according to the Centre for Public Opinion Research). The purpose of this programme is to present journalists’ interventions in important matters from a social point of view.
The entire programme is available at: http://www.tvp.pl/publicystyka/magazyny-reporterskie/sprawa-dla-reportera
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On July 17, 2018 there will take place the summit between Japan and the EU. The main idea of the meeting is to confirm the support for the international order based on law as well as the agreement on free trade. There will be signed economic partnership agreements as well as a strategic partnership agreement. At present, the EU companies have to pay a number of duties amounting up to EUR 1 billion a year, which will be lifted after the agreements are signed. Also numerous legal regulations complicating trade exchange will be removed. The concluded contracts are very ambitious and comprehensive. They will create new opportunities for agricultural exports from the EU. They will also allow the development of intellectual property rights relating to exported goods, protecting goods on Japanese markets. They comply with the strict requirements set by labour law and the security of personal data. Trade negotiations with Japan have been ongoing since March 2013. At the summit on 6 July 2017, both parties reached a major agreement on the most important elements of the free trade agreement, known as the Economic Partnership Agreement. Negotiations on all other aspects were completed in December 2017. Negotiations with regard to investment protection standards and dispute settlement regarding investment protection will continue to be conducted with Japan. Both parties are determined to negotiate investment protection as soon as possible to conclude an agreement. Additionally, the Strategic Partnership Agreement will strengthen cooperation in the field of international peace and security, cybercrime, energy security, and mitigation of climate change.
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Poland will have its own tax on innovation. The Polish Ministry of Finance finishes work on the so-called IP Box.
It is a tax on innovation aimed to improve the innovativeness of the Polish economy.
It is directed to attract foreign innovative companies and to keep domestic innovative companies so that they do not “run away” to other countries where tax rates are more advantageous. IP Box is going to be 5% for 20 years (the period in which there lasts patent protection and other protective rights guaranteeing exclusivity for the author). However, it is uncertain whether it will be possible to maintain such a high level of tax relief, as the Ministry of Finance will have to comply with the restrictions imposed by the EC and OECD to avoid allegations of harmful tax solutions.
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