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Jarosław Sroczyński participated in the Leaders’ Meeting of the telecommunication and media sectors, organized on March 25-26, 2015 in Warsaw by MM Conferences. The participants and speakers at the meeting were managers of the main Polish companies from the media and telecommunication sectors.

An article by Jarosław Sroczyński entitled “Remedies in the amended Antimonopoly Law: significant increase of decision-making powers of the President of the OCCP” was published in the legal monthly PUG (“Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego”). Jarosław Sroczyński extensively presented “remedies” as a new tool of enforcement, enabling the President of the OCCP to issue decisions ordering a certain behavior of the undertaking. The article discusses also various procedural matters related to an imposition of “remedies” by the President of the OCCP.

On March 5, 2015 “Rzeczpospolita” has published an interview with Jarosław Sroczyński on concentrations on the media market. In his comments, Mr. Sroczyński has pointed out to the essential characteristics of the media sector, including its wide range, a large impact on public opinion and coverage of multiple markets. J. Sroczyński has noted that despite these distinctive features, the media sector is not more severely judged in the merger control process and the rules are the same as in the case of other sectors. The Polish legal system of the control of concentrations is also not more restrictive as compared to other EU Member States. See:

At the invitation of the Krakow branch of ELSA, on 3 March 2015 Piotr Suski took part in the seminar “Changes in consumer law”. Mr. Suski presented lecture on “Digital content, durable media and checkboxes – how the new rules protect consumers who shop on the Internet?” . Its subject was the protection of consumers concluding contracts via the Internet on the basis of a new law on consumer rights .

On February 17, 2015, Piotr Suski conducted an all-day training on “Consumer rights in the energy sector”, organized in Warsaw by For Energy Consulting and onPRomotion Public Relations for the energy sector representatives. The training was devoted to powers of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in the field of the protection of consumers’ rights, abusive clauses, unfair market practices and disclosure requirements in relation to the consumer (including obligations under the new law on consumer rights).

On February 4, 2015 Jarosław Sroczyński delivered a lecture for the participants of the workshop entitled „Competition law – recent changes and current issues”, which was held on February 4-5, 2015 in Warsaw. The workshop was organized by MM Conferences. In his lecture, entitled „Remedies – new rights of the President of the OCCP in combating the anticompetitive practices”, Mr. Sroczyński presented the essence and power of remedies, introduced as of January 18, 2015 in the amended Law on the Protection of Competition and Consumers.

On January 29, 2015, an international portal Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), which delivers analyses on competition law, has published the comments of Jarosław Sroczyński on the implementation in Poland of the EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Action, signed on November 26, 2014. The Directive contains a number of provisions aimed at harmonizing the national laws and rules of conduct, to make it easier for consumers and businesses to obtain compensation for losses they have suffered in connection with the operation of cartels.

In the opinion of Mr. Sroczyński, the chances for a quick and efficient implementation of the Directive in Poland are rather poor. One of the main obstacles here is the excessive formalism of Polish courts.