In Brief: Hachette-Filipacchi Polska; Daewoo-FSO; Grupa Lotos; JTT; NBP

Hachette-Filipacchi Polska, publisher of Maxim monthly, announced plans to sell the magazine. Negotiations concerning the sale, which is to take place this summer, are in progress. Among potential investors is Marquard Media Poland, the publisher of Playboy, and CKM. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... The labor union in Daewoo-FSO has sent a letter to Labor and Economy Minister, Jerzy Hausner, inviting him to the company's headquarters in order to "carry out talks concerning the future of the company at a high governmental level." If this does not take place, union members warn of protest escalation. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... The decision concerning the privatization of Grupa Lotos, formerly Rafineria Gdańska, is to be made by the government on July 8. The government might either sell the company to the consortium of PKN Orlen and Rotch Energy, which were granted exclusive negotiation rights, cancel the bid, or return to talks with other potential investors, such as Hungarian MOL. (Parkiet, p. 3; Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... Wrocław-based computer producer JTT Computer, has won a case against the tax office, which had demanded that the company pay VAT on computers supplied to schools. The amount in question was zł. 10.5 million including penalty interest (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) .. According to the report on foreign trade, published yesterday by the National Bank of Poland, domestic companies exported goods worth EUR 3.060 billion in May. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1) A.K