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Letter regarding situation in Poland

At the beginning of July Polish Parliament approved two bills which have been the subject of trenchant criticism over the past year – on National Council of Judiciary and on common courts. Furthermore, also last week a draft law was introduced in Parliament that affects the composition of the Supreme Court. The first law is the reform of the National Council of Judiciary. This reform involves termination of the mandate of the Polish Judges’ Council’s members; that the appointment of the judicial members of the Judges’ Council by Parliament and that the establishment of two assemblies within the Polish Judges’ Council (the first one formed by the 15 judges appointed by Parliament and the second one including six members from the Polish Parliament, the Minister of Justice, a representative of the Head of State, the President of the Supreme Court and the President of the High Administrative Court), allied with a requirement that any resolution by the Judges’ Council has to be adopted by both assemblies sitting separately, gives a substantial role to politicians in the selection and appointment of judges. The second law approved by Parliament gives the Minister of Justice the power to dismiss court presidents and substitute them within the next six months after the entering into force of this new law. In the opinion of the AEA-EAL these laws will inevitably involve an erosion in judicial independence with an equally inevitable impact on the rule of law. The Third raft law introduced on 12th July involves the dissolution of the current Supreme Court by imposing retirement on its members and giving the Minister of Justice the discretionary power to designate those judges who shall remain in active service.

On July 18, 2017, after consultation with the AEA-EAL Board, President Maria Slazak sent a letter to Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, in which she pointed out lack of consultation on three bills passed or discussed in the Parliament, negative consequences that may arise for citizens’ rights guaranteed by Article 6 of the European Convention on human rights and by Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. President Slazak asked President Duda to conduct wide public consultations on judicial reform and to issue new proposals within the President’s powers of legislative initiative.

On July 24, 2017 President Andrzej Duda declared presidential veto against the bill on National Council of Judiciary and the bill on common courts as well as announced preparation of new drafts within next two months. President’s spokesman informed us that President decided to sign the bill on common courts.

You can find EAE-EAL President’s letter in English, French and Polish as well as correspondence from the Polish National Bar of Attorneys in English below.

List Prezydent RP

FR List do Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

EN Letter to President of Poland

Letter from Poland – request for intervention

Gratitude letter from Poland

New European Regulation on cross-border insolvencies

15 – 17 June 2017 in Barcelona, Spain

On June 15-16-17, took place at the Barcelona Bar Association the congress of the our Association, with a very important and successful conference on the new European Regulation on cross-border insolvencies, and the forthcoming Proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks and Fresh Start opportunities.

This new Regulation and the forthcoming Proposal for a Directive represent a major step forward in achieving uniform insolvency regulation at European level. This is to avoid obstacles in the management of processes, since more and more companies have branches, and workplaces spread throughout Europe.

The conference in Barcelona brought together a dozen experts from different countries who debated before the participants about their respective systems and the opportunities and advantages of a more harmonized system.

The conference was opened by the member of the Board of the Barcelona Bar, responsible for international affairs.

But not all was work! There were different very kind events for the network and relaxing.

List of events 1986 – 2016

30th Anniversary of the AEA-EAL
22 October 2016 in Paris, France


 

European Family Law in Practice of European Lawyers
2 – 4 September 2016 in Łódź, Poland


 

The Automatic Exchange of Information on Tax Matters
6-7 November 2015 in Padova – Venice, Italy


 

European Family Law in practice of Polish and others European Lawyers
3 – 4 July 2015 in Białystok, Poland


 

Tax Incentives in the EU Countries: a fair competition?
14 November 2014 in Brussels, Belgium


 

European Labour and Social Law
6 – 7 June 2014 in Kraków, Poland


 

New EU Rules to Ease Cross-border Succession
13 – 15 June 2013 in Gdańsk, Poland


 

The EC Proposal for an optional Common European Sales Law
25 – 27 October 2012 in Berlin, Germany


 

AEA-EAL General Assembly
26 May 2012 in Brussels, Belgium


 

The Rules of Ethics of the Legal Profession at the beginning of the XXI century
14 – 16 April 2012 in Warsaw and Olsztyn, Poland


Insolvency under European law
6 – 7 May 2011 in Brussels, Belgium


Rome I Regulation
21 – 23 October 2010 in Szczecin, Poland


The Role of Arbitration and Mediation in Europe
20 – 21 May 2010 in Aix-en-Provence, France


Regulation Rome II on the Law Applicable to Non-contractual Obligations
27 – 28 November 2009 in Verona, Italy


New procedure of European Order of Payment
3 October 2009 in Barcelona, Spain


Financing of Law Firms
21 – 23 May 2009 in Bruges, Belgium


The Fight against late payment in the European context
2 – 4 October 2008 in Barcelona, Spain


Procedural Issues between EU and third Countries
22 – 24 May in Istanbul, Turkey


European and International Uniform Law
26 – 27 October 2007 in Florence, Italy


The European Inquiries and Future Policy in the Energy and Financial Services Sectors
1 – 3 March 2007 in Gstaad, Switzerland


20th Anniversary of the AEA-EAL
8 – 10 June 2006 in Barcelona, Spain


European Law Congress
26 January 2006 in Megčve, France


AEA-EAL Annual Meeting
15 – 17 October 2005 in Hague, The Netherlands


Summer Academy of European Business Law
4 – 9 July 2005 in Gröningen, The Netherlands


AEA-EAL Congress „Lawyer facing money laundering”
27 – 28 May 2005 in Brussels, Belgium


9th Summer Academy of European Business Law
4 – 7 July 2004 in Bruges, Belgium


European unfair competition law
29 January – 1 February 2004 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany


European Law on Intellectual Property
2 – 5 October 2003 in Warsaw, Poland


8th Summer Academy of European Business Law
6 – 9 July 2003 in Bruges, Belgium


Seminar on contract law
28 – 31 May 2003 in Palermo, Italy


Green law seminar
27 – 30 April 2003 in Brussels, Belgium


Competition law

26-28 November 2000 – Brussels -Belgium


New procedure of the European Court of Human Rights

22-23 September 2000 Strasbourg – France


Summer Academy of European Business Law

9-12 July 2000 Bruges – Belgium


Summer Academy of European Business Law in German

2-5 July 2000 Trier – Germany


Board of Directors meeting

21-25 June 2000 – Athens and the Greek islands – Greece


Brussels and Lugano Conventions. Draft Community Regulation

19-20 May 2000 – Barcelona, Spain


Competition law and liberalised sectors

27-30 January 2000 Gstaad – Switzerland


1999 Conferences

  • Community Law (St. Moritz, February 1999)

  • Corporate governance (Venice, June 1999)

  • Summer Academy of European Business Law (Bruges and Trier, July 1999)

  • Banking Law (Frankfurt, November 1999)


1998 Conferences

  • Environmental Law (Vienna 1998, in collaboration with AIJA);

  • The new directive on the freedom of establishment (Stockholm 1998);

  • Summer Academy of European Business Law (1998, Bruges, French and English session; Trier, German session);

  • Competition Law: EEC Articles 85 and 86 and EEC Articles 92 and 93 (Berlin 1998).


Conferences 1987 – 1997

  • The Euro in contracts (Palermo 1997)

  • A role for the defence in Community competition procedures (Brussels 1996)

  • Summer Academy of European Business Law (Bruges 1996)

  • New aspect of Business Law in Europe (Poland’s membership in the OECD; a step towards the European Union) – European Law today and tomorrow (Warsaw 1996)

  • Commercial distribution in Europe (Seville 1995)

  • The Law of European companies and joint ventures in Europe; Investments in Slovenia (Portoroz 1995)

  • International Business Law in Europe (Rome 1994)

  • The Rights of the defence and the Rights of the Commission in Community competition law (Brussels 1994)

  • The general conditions of contracts in Community law (Verona 1993)

  • The Court of First Instance (Luxembourg 1993)

  • The Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Verona 1992)

  • Agency and franchise agreements (Verona 1991)

  • Lawyers and the European Single Market (Paris 1988)

  • The Brussels Convention, freedom of establishment and the Single Act (Brussels 1987)

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