The article discusses problems of enforceability of regulatory decisions issued by the Polish regulatory authority – the President of the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) in the context of the protection of the rights of electronic undertakings. The author refers to the standards for implementing decisions and provisional protection developed in the law of the Council of Europe and Community legislation, including Framework Directive 2002/21/EC. He also analyses Polish legal regulations which introduce European solutions, including regulations implementing Community framework for electronic communications, into the national legal order. Special attention is devoted to the competence of Polish administrative courts and the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection in suspending the enforcement of contested regulatory decisions. The author also points to significant gaps in existing national regulations and postulates the introduction of necessary legislative changes to better protect the rights of telecommunications undertakings.
Artykuł recenzyjny monografi i Marka K. Kolasińskiego, Instrumenty prawne przysługujące poszkodowanym lub zagrożonym naruszeniem prawa antymonopolowego w prawie Stanów Zjednoczonych i w prawie Unii Europejskiej, TNOiK, Toruń 2016, ss. 570
The aim of the article is to define the boundaries of the legal notion of ‘municipal solid waste’ with respect to solid waste produced in uninhabited property, i.e. outside households. Setting of those boundaries has a significant meaning for tasks and competences of municipalities in the area of solid waste management. It determines, inter alia, the material scope of local legal acts concerning collection of solid waste from property owners, and in consequence, also the extent of tenders organised in this field by the municipal authorities. The authors advocate a broad understanding of the analysed notion, justified by the wording of the relevant legal provisions and the effectiveness of the solid waste management for which municipalities are responsible. The subjectmatter of the article is analysed in the light of both the Polish and EU legal regulations and jurisprudence.
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Celem artykułu jest określenie granic pojęcia prawnego „odpady komunalne” w odniesieniu do odpadów powstających na nieruchomościach niezamieszkałych, tj. poza gospodarstwami domowymi. Wyznaczenie tych granic ma istotne znaczenie dla zadań i kompetencji gmin w zakresie gospodarki odpadami. Determinuje m.in. zakres przedmiotowy aktów prawa miejscowego w sprawie odbieraniu odpadów komunalnych od właścicieli nieruchomości, a w konsekwencji także zakres organizowanych w tej sferze przez organy gminy przetargów. Autorzy opowiadają się za szerokim ujęciem analizowanego pojęcia, uzasadnionym zarówno brzmieniem odnośnych przepisów, jak i wymogami efektywnej gospodarki odpadami, za którą odpowiedzialność ponosi gmina. Zagadnienie stanowiące przedmiot artykułu jest analizowane z uwzględnieniem zarówno polskich, jak i unijnych regulacji prawnych oraz orzecznictwa.
In its judgment of 16 November 2011 in case SK 45/09, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) called itself ‘the court of the last word.’ This self-determination aptly characterises the entire hitherto delivered line of jurisprudence of the Tribunal in European matters. In spite of the persevering doubts as to the scope of its jurisdiction at the juncture of EU and Polish law, eventually the CT has always come to confirm its competence to review the conformity of challenged EU law provisions with the Polish Constitution. The approach of the CT reflects the way the Court understands the constitutional principle of the primacy of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land in Poland. The aim of this article is to present and analyse the legal views of the Constitutional Tribunal regarding the review in Polish courts of European Union law. Firstly the article concentrates on the review of primary EU law as to its compatibility with the Polish Constitution, and then on the review of secondary EU law. The article also tries to answer the question whether the position taken by the Constitutional Tribunal and its argumentation is consistent with both EU law and Polish constitutional law, and what the consequences are for the jurisdiction of the CT and constitutional claims.
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