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On 9 April 2003 the Sejm ­ the lower chamber of the Parliament ­ adopted an Act amending the Telecommunications Law, which is based on a government proposal of 26 July 2002. The Act was subsequently sent to the Senat, the upper chamber of the Parliament. The Act aims at achieving a harmonisation with provisions of EC law, the EC telecommunications packet of 2002 and also the clarification of imprecise provisions of the existing Law. The Act provides for the obligation to separate the ownership of a stationary public telephone network owned by an operator with significant market power (SMP) and...

On 7 April 2003, the governments of Poland and Turkey signed an agreement introducing a programme relating to their co-operation in the fields of science, education and culture. In Article 25 of the agreement, the contracting parties undertake to support direct co-operation between Polish and Turkish institutions, organisations and associations of film-makers, especially with regard to the production of films, the provision of the necessary services and the presentation of films from the other country. According to Article 26, co-operation between film-makers’ associations and film archives is...

On 10 January 2003, the Sejm (the Polish Parliament), set up a commission to investigate allegations by a newspaper concerning possible irregularities that may have occurred in the course of the revision of the Broadcasting Act. A newspaper publishing company, which owns a daily, 20 local radio stations and 11 magazines, allegedly has been asked to pay a bribe for "lobbying" to achieve a more favourable media law allowing the publisher to acquire a private television station. As to the legal background, the government's draft media law - in particular its article 36 par. 3 - which had been forwarded...

On 28 October 2002 the Polish Parliament adopted an Amendment to the Act on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 4 February 1994 (with later amendments). Subsequently, on 15 November 2002 this new bill was signed by the President of the Republic of Poland. It aims at a further harmonisation of Polish legislation with EC law (notably the Directives 93/83/EEC, 93/98/EEC, 91/250/EEC and 92/100/EEC) and new treaties that Poland plans to ratify in the nearer future (namely the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, both dated 20 December 1996). The popularisation of digital...

On 18 July 2002 Sejm, the lower chamber of Polish Parliament, adopted the Act on the electronic providing of services. The Senate did not present any amendments to the Bill, so on 14 August 2002 it was passed to the President for signing. The Act defines `electronic providing of service': it embraces services rendered via data processing systems without the simultaneous physical presence of the parties and at the individual request of the client. Such services may be offered solely via public data processing networks, like Internet. Furthermore, the Act regulates the duties of service providers...