Business in brief

30th October 2009

EU demands changes to telecom law


The EC has formally requested that Poland revise its legal definition of a telecom subscriber. A decision by the European Court of Justice in January 2009 required that Poland do so, but no change has been made yet. The ruling is intended to protect subscribers to pre-paid phone services, who may be denied rights granted to them under EU law.

Used car imports drop 39 percent

Poles are importing fewer used cars from the West at the beginning of 2009, according to automotive industry observer EuroTaxGlass. The company said that 526,000 used cars were imported to Poland from Western countries, 39 percent less than during the same period of 2008. The ...