Comment by Jarosław Sroczyński on the planned amendment of Art. 28 of the Polish Law on the Protection of Competition and Consumers

A new edition of the periodical „The Internet Antimonopoly and Regulatory Quarterly” (iKAR 7(2)/2013) contains an article summing up lawyers’ opinions vis-à-vis the planned amendment of the Polish competition law. Jarosław Sroczyński presented his view regarding the planned amendment of Art. 28 which regulates the issue of collective consumer interests. Mr. Sroczyński pointed out to the positive effect of adding a new paragraph 1a to the above-mentioned article. The new provision will provide the President of the OCCP with a legal basis to issue commitment decisions also to undertakings which, for different reasons, have ceased to apply practices harming the collective interests of consumers. Currently, such undertakings cannot apply for commitments and are exposed to fines. The article can be accessed at the internet address:ikar.wz.uw.edu.pl/numery/13/pdf/42.pdf