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The European Commission's White Paper illustrates predictions about the future of functioning of the European Union. The Commission conducts a general analysis and describes in detail reactions to current challenges and threats which the European Union faces. The Commission does not notice any need to fundamentally reform the Union. The White Paper does not trigger directly any legal consequences and is not legally binding in light of the EU and Polish legal systems. The Council of Ministers found that the Commission's proposition of a multi-speed development of the European Union may be unacceptable from the perspective of Poland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper addresses the concept of the so-called Eurobonds. A concept, which will place emphasis on the financial stability of sovereign debt market, facilitating access of member countries of the euro area to money lending, and reducing the cost of raising money. The Green Paper addresses matters which -- depending on the finally adopted solution -- may be contrary to the current wording of Article 125 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The bill does not contain proposals of provisions extending the subject of the act implementing the European Union law or beyond the framework of the Directive 2016/680. The bill includes proposals for provisions that may be considered incompatible with the European Union law or that incompletely implement acts of this law. In this regard, it would be required to improve the bill during further legislative proceedings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The provisions of the bill indicated in the opinion raise doubts from the in terms of their compliance with the directive and complementarity with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/679. Among others the adoption of the act in the designed form will result in the fact that, within a specified time, the obliged entities will not be able to apply any of the basic security principles specified in the act, what creates a risk for the actual data security. The project disperses regulations regarding the security of personal data in many normative acts. There are no sanctions for breach of personal data security obligations, what may be considered as a lack of implementation of the requirement set out in the Directive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to the author, amendments to the Act on Microorganisms and Genetically Modified Organisms are compliant with the European Union law. However, he claims that a deepen analysis would be necessary in the course of further legislative works. The analysis should be focused on the matter of the principle of proportionality, a possible violation of the principle of freedom of establishment and potentially excessive severity of suggested sanctions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Author claims that the state monopoly in the field of some sorts of gambling as well as obligation to organize certain sorts of gambling only in casinos are restrictions on the freedoms of the internal market (freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services). Referring to the applicable case-law of the Court of Justice, the Author underlines that such solution is justified by an over-riding reason relating to the public interest. Moreover the relevant provisions of law are appropriate and proportionate to the intended object. They are not applied in a discriminatory manner. Due to that, the bill is compliant with the European Union law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This opinion evaluates four Deputies' bill as to whether or not they are in conformity with three new EU directives on public procurement. The presented analysis confirms the compliance with EU law of a Deputies' bill included contained in Sejm Paper No. 1076 and welcomes the extension of the catalog of evaluation criteria to include the criterion of innovative character of proposed solutions. The authors find the bill contained in Sejm Paper No. 1226 to be incompatible with EU law, because contrary to EU law it presupposes the primacy of the criterion of the lowest prices over other criteria. The bill included in Sejm Papers No. 1335 and No. 1635 are found partially incompatible with EU law, due to the lack of objectively justified reasons for division of public procurement into those representing functional and technical unity, as well as a violation of the principle of equal treatment and transparency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the fact that EU regulations are directly applicable in the Member States' legal systems, a number of obligations concerning personal data protection is based directly on the GDPR. Thus the governmental bill regulates such issues which have been passed to be regulated or modified by national law. In principle, the bill does not give rise to any legislative objections. However, the author points to some solutions which haven't existed in the Polish legal system (e.g. one-instance proceedings before The Chairman of the Personal Data Protection Office), as well as to solutions which raise doubts regarding their conformity to the GDPR (such as a public authority's decision being binding for common courts). Moreover it was pointed out that a whole evaluation of GDPR's implementation would be possible with regard to all regulations in that matter, including a bill concerning amendments of specific statutes (which is in the process of governmental work). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The submitted document opens the debate on the future of European defence. In the present geostrategic context, it is advisable that the European Union should increase its military potential by, inter alia, reducing the number of weapon systems, strengthening cooperation regarding defence industry, increasing operational interoperability and achieving strategic autonomy. The authors point out that the implementation of these goals may be difficult due to the fact that they assume, to a lesser or greater extent, limiting t defence autonomy of member states, as well as due to the controversy that would arise around a "fair" distribution of costs and profits among individual states related to the process of integration of the European defence industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The opinion deals with legal obligations related to communication of Deputy's bills containing technical standards and which is subject to the requirements specified in Article 8 of the Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services. In the discussed case, the Deputy's bill to amend the Act on Safety of Food and Nutrition (Sejm Paper No. 1127) has been communicated to the European Commission (No. 2012/0637/PL). The author presents the obligations specified in the Directive 98/34/EC and those provided for in the national procedures. Poland has to take into account, as far as possible, the comments made to a draft by the Commission and the Member States. As concerns the comments made by the United Kingdom, Slovakia and Italy, is also necessary to submit a report to the Commission specifying the actions that Poland proposes to take as a result of the receipt of such opinion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research aim of the paper is to analyze the objectives of the European Union (EU) climate policy and the instruments for their implementation, as well as to present the challenges on the way to achieving climate neutrality by the EU. In 2015, during the 21st UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, an agreement was agreed, the purpose of which is to limit global warming, aiming, among other things, for limiting the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and preferably to no more than 1.5°C. All EU Member States have ratified the above agreement, while agreeing to take action to make the EU the world’s first climate-neutral economy and society by 2050. To achieve this, the “European Green Deal” strategy was adopted, followed by the European Climate Law and the “Fit for 55” package of legislative proposals. In addition, a more ambitious EU climate target for 2030 has been agreed, namely a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. Based on this, the following research hypothesis should be put forward, assuming that if all initiated projects, climate programs and mechanisms are fully implemented, the EU will become the first climate neutral continent by 2050. The first part of the article focuses on the goals of the European Green Deal and their implementation. The second part discusses the assumptions of European Climate Law and the elements of the “Fit for 55” package, as well as presents the most important financial instruments of the EU climate policy. The third part contains an analysis of the challenges standing in the way of the EU achieving climate neutrality by 2050, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian aggression against Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to present Germany’s position during the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU/CSU/SPD coalition: 2018-2021) and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/Alliance 90/Greens/FDP coalition: from 2021) towards changes in climate policy (understood as reform) introduced by the European Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package of legislative proposals, with particular emphasis on the issue of CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles. Germany’s support for increasing the level of ambition in the field of climate protection in the EU was largely the result of the belief that the success of the German transformation of the energy sector and achieving climate neutrality by 2045 also depends on the progress of the energy transformation process and the climate neutrality policy in the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This opinion provides an assessment of the implementation of the Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. The author shows that the bill is not fully consistent with the directive. He proposes corrections of ambiguous concepts and elimination of lacunas. It was stressed in the opinion that some solutions may cause limitation of patients' rights to benefit from cross‑border healthcare and may impose unjustified obstacle to the implementation of Treaty‑guaranteed freedoms. The opinion indicates the solutions that may cause full implementation of the directive into national law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author, following an analysis of the above-mentioned Agreement, claims that Article 10 thereof, containing taxation provisions, meets the requirements of Article 89 (1) (5) of the Constitution. In his view, the Agreement should be ratified upon prior consent granted by statute, which means that the procedure for its ratification proposed by the Council of Ministers (on the basis of Article 89(2)) is improper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author, following an analysis of Article 10 of the above-mentioned Agreement, claims that the requirement of Article 89 (1) (5) of the Constitution has been met, which means that the Agreement should be ratified upon prior consent granted by statute. He concludes that the procedure for its ratification proposed by the Council of Ministers (Article 89(2) is improper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Opinion concerns the compatibility with EU law of the proposal to exclude the application of the provisions of the Act on Personal Data Protection, specifying the rules for the processing of personal data in relation to the data processing for soldiers in candidate service. According to the authors, the processing of personal data of soldiers in candidate service takes place in the course of processing operations concerning defence within the meaning of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. The exception to the principles of personal data processing, as provided for in the bill, is in conformity with EU law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The amendment of the above mentioned Act results from the implementation of the provisions of five directives of the European Communities into the Polish legal order. Nevertheless, the author points out that the proposed amendment goes beyond the limits specified by EU law, reducing both the autonomy of private entities and constitutional freedom of contracts. He refers to the defective wording of the provisions specifying the substantive scope of the Act, at the same time supporting the proposal for the extension of the scope of claims that can be brought by persons harmed by unequal treatment and provisions modifying the rules for application of statute of limitation of claims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper addresses the issue of the potential impact of a university’s presence in the rankings of climate friendly HEIs on its brand and activities, filling a research gap in this area. It starts with a discussion of the concepts of a brand, its personality and strength, presenting selected brand rankings as well as criteria for rankings of climate friendly universities, having outlined the specificity of a climate responsible HEI brand. Afterwards it presents answers to the research questions which were obtained using the desk research method obtained using the desk research method: how the Jagiellonian University is currently performing in the rankings of climate friendly universities and what aspirational reference points can be identified for it. The subjects of the study were three leading rankings published in 2023, which assessed HEIs in terms of their climate actions and the position of the Jagiellonian University in them – both globally and in relation to groups of universities from Poland, Central Europe, European Union and the UNA Europa network. As a result of benchmarking, groups of HEIs brands were mapped as they could constitute reference points for the activities of the Jagiellonian University and other Polish universities. The impact of climate friendly HEIs rankings on the brand and activities of a university is based not only on the need to meet participation criteria, but also on creating social pressure related to comparing brands, and on the need to ensure the coherence of the brand of a climate friendly university on the principle of positive feedback loop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates residential mobility in Poland. The main focus is placed on determining the level of housing mobility in Poland, as well as finding statistically significant differences between various socio-economic groups. The research was based on microdata from the 2017 wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). The findings indicate that residential mobility in Poland was relatively low in comparison to other European Union member states, and there were statistically significant differences in housing mobility based on age, tenure status, income, wealth, level of education and the household's composition. The study concludes that improving housing affordability is crucial for enhancing housing mobility in Poland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of this paper is to analyse the mechanisms established by the Directive 2022/2041 for the purpose of determining adequate and fair minimum wages and promoting collective bargaining. The authors present the objectives, scope of application, and legal nature of the provisions of the Directive, and subsequently undertake the clarification of the doubts that have emerged in the preparatory stages of the process of its transposition. Furthermore, the paper offers a preliminary reflection on the potential directions of the Directive’s impact on national laws.

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The article reflects on the negotiations on the EU's 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and the European Union Recovery Instrument. It gives an overview of exceptional circumstances surrounding the negotiations, broad scope of the legislative package negotiated, and complex decision-making process. The paper also examines the final agreement, in particular as regards the size of the new long-term budget, the shift in spending priorities, and changes in the way the EU actions are financed. The author concludes that despite many difficulties on the road to the agreement, some elements of the outcome can be characterised as groundbreaking. She gives some arguments that a departure from path dependency in financing of the EU is possible. However, whether or not the change is permanent, depends on the successful implementation of the decisions made. The Conference on the Future of Europe gives an opportunity to continue the debate on further reform of the EU finances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents a multidimensional comparative analysis of the level of sustainable development of Central and Eastern European countries that are EU members. The research was based on the Eurostat database for 2020, including a set of 22 variables determining the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The research method used was the zero unitarization method. The results of the research conducted confirm that in 2020 the countries of Central and Eastern Europe were diversified not only in terms of the general level of sustainable development, but also in its individual dimensions. Among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Slovenia, Estonia and Poland had the best situation in terms of the overall level of sustainable development. On the other hand, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Romania, had the worst. The research also confirmed that the strongest side of the surveyed countries was the environmental dimension of sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2021, the UK left the EU internal market and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) started to be applied in the mutual trade between the UK and the EU. Although under this agreement trade without tariffs and quantitative restrictions has been maintained, costs in mutual trade increased due to introducing non-tariff barriers to trade. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether these changes led in the short term to the diversion of trade flows towards other trading partners from both the EU and the UK points of view. To meet this goal, an analysis of trade flows was carried out from the point of view of the EU, as well as the UK. In the case of the EU, changes in trade with the UK were compared with changes in trade with the remaining countries of the world. In the case of the UK, changes in trade with the EU were compared with changes in trade with the rest of the world. The main finding is that since the TCA started to be applied, neither from the point of view of the UK nor from the point of view of the EU, there has been a diversion of trade to other trading partners. Thanks to the TCA, which goes beyond traditional free trade agreements, it was possible to avert the expected negative trade effects of the UK's withdrawal from the EU in the short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper tackles the issue of the selection of appropriate forms of internationalization on the EU market by Polish businesses. The objective of the article is to identify appropriate strategies for the internationali-zation of Polish businesses on the Euromarket, taking into account the assessment of SMEs and large enti-ties and enterprises attributable to the volume of foreign revenues. The theoretical part discusses issues related to the internationalization on the Euromarket and explains the importance of export, contract, co-operation and foreign investment forms. The research paper is based on the results of analyzes conducted on a sample model of Polish enterprises. Four research hypotheses were formulated. In order to verify them, statistical analyzes were used, i.e. the descriptive statistics method and the chi-square test of inde-pendence. Predicated on statistical tests, no relationship was found between the size of a business and the forms of internationalization on the Euromarket. However, it was proved that there are dependencies be-tween groups of enterprises depending on the volume of foreign revenues and internationalization strate-gies on the Euromarket, in particular regarding forms of cooperation and capital investments. In addition, appropriate expansion strategies on the Euromarket were identified, which, according to the respondents, include mainly export forms, to a lesser extent contractual forms and foreign investments, and less often cooperative ones. The least applicable strategies for the internationalization of Polish businesses are co-operative forms, both for small and medium-sized enterprises and for entities with high foreign revenues. The final part of the paper consists of conclusions and a summary.

The challenges and threats from cyber security are increasing every day in the world. All this has a significant impact on international relations. When we are dealing with such a revolutionary development of technology as in the 21st century, it is already necessary for all states to have high-standard cyber security systems. This is not an easy issue to solve, because cyber security requires quite a lot of finances, human resources, and also specially trained professionals. Threats emanating from cyberspace need a proper response, in this case we have no choice, the whole world is facing danger. Cybercrime and the damage caused by it are increasing year by year. Also, all this affects a person psychologically and leaves a feeling of insecurity. The biggest problem is that aggressive states, terrorist organizations, non-state groups, large corporations, etc. are mostly involved in this virtual war (as in the real one). As an example, we can cite such an aggressor state as Russia, which carries out major cyber attacks against Ukraine, Georgia and other states whose cyber security systems are less protected. The transition of political, military, social or criminal processes into cyberspace has made cyber security one of the main segments of state security. Countries with developed cyber-offensive potential, primarily Russia, successfully use cyberspace both during war and conflict, as well as in peacetime, to gain geopolitical advantage. This article discusses the challenges and threats associated with the development of modern cyber and information technologies, analyzes the threats associated with the new information security capabilities of modern states, including cybersecurity. The aim of the paper is to present the role of cyber security in the Russia-Ukraine war and the threats arising from it. The following methods are used in the paper: methods of historical-descriptive, policy research and comparative analysis. The paper uses the theories of balance of power and securitization.

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The main objective of this paper is to analyse the increase of significance investment instruments in regional policy of the European Union after 2014. The reasons of this phenomenon have been pointed out in the context of the European Union structural funds. They refer to political interests, economic, social environmental challenges faced by the EU regions under conditions of limitation the EU expenditure on regional development financing. Solutions in the following areas: objectives, priorities and rules of intervention of the structural funds have been presented – those which have an investment dimension. Investment approach is going to be carried on in the next Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020. The paper has been elaborated based on using method of institutional analysis the key EU regional policy legal regulations and existing scientific literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of the article is to analyse the actions taken by the European Union towards the Western Balkans in the context of the migration crisis. The study assumes that the migration crisis was an important factor accelerating the accession process of the Western Balkan countries to the European Union. In order to fulfil the research goal, an analysis of sources (European Union documents) was conducted. The paper uses elements of the theory of the regional security complex as a theoretical framework. Firstly, the activities of the European Union before the migration crisis are discussed. Next, the paper focuses on presenting the course of the crisis on the Western Balkan route. The further part of the study discusses the actions taken by the EU towards the countries of the Western Balkans in response to the migration crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polish membership in the European Union finds its expression, among other things, in the powers of the Polish Sejm to participate in the European law-making process. The rules of this participation are provided for in the heterogeneous, fluctuating and evolving body of European and domestic law. Its complex nature, stretching between the constitutional foundations of political power, on the one hand, and the procedural matters of the parliamentary practice, on the other, offers a wide range of legal challenges to anyone who applies it. The paper aims to reveal that diversity and addresses some aspects of parliamentary practice when dealing with matters involving the EU. The issues of concern are selected with respect to the experience gained and best practice developed by the Sejm's legal services: the Legislative Bureau and the Bureau of Research. All of them are systemic and - as it is argued - derived directly from the still unsettled question of the constitutional basis for the newly acquired competences of the national parliament to act on the European stage. The paper deals with the accountability of the Sejm's committee for EU matters, cross-border interparliamentary cooperation and the subsidiarity check, as well as the legal representation of the Sejm in the European forum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to present the European gigabit society which is perceived by European Union's leaders as a model of the future European society and economy. It is based on new digital technologies of the XXI century and on new, very high capacity mobile telecommunications networks. The rapid growth of information being processed and transmitted through electronic communications networks needs new high-speed and highly reliable broadband networks essential to economic growth, competitiveness and innovation as well as better quality products, services and the citizen's satisfaction. The 5G communications network is the solution which is perceived as a type of network which should resolve these problems. In the paper the concept of the European gigabit society is clarified, the 5G technology and its level of development in the European Union and in its Member States are described including Poland vis-à-vis the rest of the world. The European gigabit society is already under development and the 5G communication network is crucial to its success. It should be widely available in Europe including Poland. The paper is based on the analysis of official documents of the European Union and its Member States including Poland, official reports of the most active electronic telecommunications companies providing and implementing 5G technologies and on talks with representatives of some of the ones which are active on the Polish market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to analyze how Europeanization is used as an instrument of the European Union's foreign policy in the field of promoting democracy in the world. This first requires an indication that all EU activities, including its relations with the international environment, are based on specific normative foundations. They include the so-called European values regarding, generally speaking, the promotion of democracy and broadly understood human rights, as well as strengthening peace in international relations. "European values" are not only political and ideological guidelines, but also legal norms enshrined in EU treaties, so the promotion of democracy is one of the basic goals of the EU's foreign policy. Analysis of the EU's promotion of democracy requires the presentation of the main categories used to study this issue, i.e. showing what is understood by Europeanization, as well as by the associated concepts of democratization and socialization. Then mechanisms of Europeanization are examined, as well as its results and evaluation of its effectiveness is provided. In this respect the case study is very helpful, in that it examines the results of Europeanization in relation to the EU partner countries covered by the Eastern Partnership. The paper ends with fi nal remarks constituting a summary of the studied issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]