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Under a Resolution of the Arbitration Council dated 21 December 2020, Jörn Brockhuis, Partner at BSJP law firm, has been entered on the list of recommended arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw for 2021-2024.

In the new budget perspective of the European Union for 2021-2027, “Horizon Europe” will be a flagship programme under which funds for development of the innovation economy and research and development (R&D) programmes will be transferred.

On 30 November 2020, a law introducing i.a. taxation of limited partnerships was published in the Journal of Laws. The regulations amended by this law will enter into force on 1 January 2021.

In November 2020, a final and binding judgment of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw was passed, awarding BSJP’s client over PLN 2 million from the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (“GDDKiA”) as remuneration for design works on the S2 expressway – Warsaw’s Southern Ring Road.

Starting from 1 January 2021, a payer of contributions or a person commissioning performmance of a specyfic task will be obliged to inform the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) about every contract for performance of a specific task.Registration will not be necessery only in cases where the contract for performance of a specific task is concluded with:

The COVID-19 epidemic also has an impact on public procurement. Currently, the situation has forced the need to make changes in legislation in this area. Please find below some of the statutory changes which, in our view, are the most essential from the point of view of the public procurement contractor.