Approved legislation: Amendment to the Road Traffic Law

Purpose: Harmonizes Polish and EU law, amends allowable speed limits and obliges the owners of buses and lorries to install speed- limitation devices. Buses weighing more than 10 tones will be allowed to travel at a maximum speed of 100 km/h, while lorries and other vehicles weighing more than 12 tones will have a technical speed limit of 90 km/h. These regulations apply to vehicles registered after January 1, 2004. Owners of vehicles registered between January 1998 and December 2002 need to install speed-limitation devices by the end of 2003. Affected: Road transport companies, companies transporting people and goods Timing: Published in the Dziennik Ustaw in December. (This Law Report is exclusively prepared for WBJ/Poland A.M. by Ewa Pawlowska of CEC Government Relations. She can be e-mailed at ewap@cec.com.pl)