In Brief: Gdansk Refinery; Taxi cash registers; Talks with three for Stoen

It will be soon known whether Rotch Energy and Lukoil will purchase Gdansk Refinery. If the transaction fails the Treasury Ministry may create a second oil concern, grouping together refineries in the southern part of the country. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7)... A Finance Ministry decree means that from December 20, taxi drivers will be obliged to purchase and use cash registers in their taxis. The Ministry wants these to be integrated with taxi meters, necessitating the need to upgrade them. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 18) ...The Treasury Ministry has decided to conduct simultaneous negotiations with all three investors selected for the final stage of privatization of Warsaw energy distributor Stoen - EdF of France, Electrabel of Belgium and Ge rmany's RWE. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) A.Z.