In brief: Arena pl; Toyota & Peugeot; Rotch; Electronic signature bill

Internet portal Arena.pl has filed a lawsuit against Tel-Energo, accusing it of spoiling its shares issuance. The portal claims Tel-Energo decided to break co-operation with the company and scared off potential buyers thus incurring financial losses of zl. 70.4 million (Puls Biznesu, p.4) ...Two auto makers Japanese Toyota and French Peugeot, are considering joint-production of their smaller car models. The two possible production sites, manufacturing 300,000 cars a year, are France or Poland. The price of the deal is not known (Prawo i Gospodarka, June20-July1, p.1) ...Rotch consortium, taking part in the tender for the privatization of Rafineria Gdanska refinery, is considering construction of a new pipeline from Poland's eastern border to Plock. If carried out, the construction would cost around $500 million (Puls Biznesu, p.4) ...The electronic signature bill has passed through the first reading and commission amendments stage in the Sejm and is making its way to the second reading. It is very likely that the bill will be passed before the elections (Rzeczpospolita, June 30-July 1, p. B3) J.K.