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.
Bearing in mind that a large part of the provisions of the 4th Railway Package is contained in the directly applicable executive regulations issued by the European Commission, the amendment to the Rail Transport Act somewhat removes conflicts of national regulations with EU law. The most important changes that stem from the amendment and will be introduced to the Act on Rail Transport include:
Access to the full text of the government's draft amendment to the Act on Railway Transport is available at the following link: http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm9.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=RPL&Id=RM-0610-11-21
On April 18 we celebrated International Monuments Day. On that day, the second edition of the “Revitalization Forum” under the slogan “We are united by monuments” was held at Arche Cukrownia Żnin, organized by Arche Group. This year's event was attended by experts from Poland and Europe, as well as residents of Żnin and the surrounding area, including many former employees of the Żnin sugar factory.
The 21st edition of the most important rolling stock event in Poland - the “RAILWAY TABOR - PURCHASE, MODERNIZATION, MAINTENANCE” conference in Ustka - has just ended. The organizer of the meeting is the Polish Chamber of Railways, whose members the law firm HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners had the pleasure to join.
The latest issue of the Railway Market (RK) monthly magazine published an interesting article by Michal Zięba, PhD, Managing Partner of HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners law firm, touching on the issue of legal regulations concerning repairs and inspections of multiple units.
Monday saw the fourth edition of the “Railway Law - National and European Regulations” conference organized by the ProKolej Foundation in cooperation with the Railway Transport Office.
OFFSHORE WIND 2.0 in Sopot is now behind us! Congratulations to Attis Broker and the entire MJM Holdings Sp.z o.o. group for the excellent organization and preparation of a valuable conference program.