On July 1, changes to the Civil Procedure Code are coming into force, which introduce the rule that open court sessions in civil cases will be recorded with sound recording devices or devices recording both picture and sound.

The Supreme Administrative Court has decided that it is the date when an invoice or a bill has been received and not the date when such invoice or bill was issued which is relevant for calculating the PLN amount of the expense borne in a foreign currency (II FSK 1440/09).

On May 20 the Speaker of the Sejm (performing the President’s duties) signed the act on supporting development of telecommunication services and networks, the main purpose of which is to ensure that access to telecommunication in Poland will be developed.

Pursuant to the planned change to the Act on National Bank of Poland, after the term of office of the President of NBP has expired, (s)he will perform the duties until the moment when the new President of NBP takes them over.

In accordance with the latest verdict of the Supreme Court an employee may demand from his/her employer a compensation for an accident at work, even if the employee’s state of health deteriorated as a result of a stressing interview with the superior and not of an accident per se.

At the end of April the Parliament adopted a change to the Act on Tourist Services.

In connection with the signals received from consumers, UOKiK [Office for Competition and Consumer Protection] inspected the biggest mobile phone operators who offer their products and services by way of tele-sale and internet.

The draft amendments to the provisions which are to increase the use of electronic invoices in commercial trading are currently in preparation.

The Senate prepared a draft of an amendment to the Construction Law.