HANTON Law Firm at the Railway Safety Forum 2021

Att. Michał Zięba, Managing Partner of HANTON Law Firm took part in the Railway Safety Forum 2021 as a moderator of the debate "Przyszłość zawodów związanych z ruchem kolejowym – luka pokoleniowa, czas pracy, odpowiedzialność i kompetencje. Promowanie pracy na polskiej kolei”.

The Anti-Crisis Shield and the possibility of changing the agreement concluded within the Public Procurement regime

HANTON has developed a strategy for the Client based on Art. 15r of the Act on specific solutions related to the prevention, counteraction and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisises caused by them (hereinafter referred to as the “Coronavirus”). This provision constitutes a self-existent basis for amending agreements concluded under the Public Procurement Law. Pursuant to the Art. 15r Coronavirus, to modify the agreement certain conditions must be met.

Dynamic work on the amendment to the Act on rail transport

On February 11, 2021 the government draft amendment to the act on rail transport was submitted to the Sejm [PL: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej]. The proposed changes are aimed at adjusting the Polish railway law to EU regulations related to the interoperability of the rail system and railway safety. After three readings of the draft amendment in the Sejm [PL: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej] and the adoption of the Act on February 25, 2021, the Act was passed along to the President and  the Marshal of the Senate [PL: Marszałek Senatu]. Therefore, the course of work on the amendment to the Act ran very smoothly.