In Brief: No permit for French firms; Poczta Polska; Interia gets green light

The Interior Ministry has not yet granted Electricite de France and Gaz de France permission to buy a 45% stake in ZEC Wybrzeze power and heating plant. The Ministry discovered some irregularities concerning the main client of ZEC Wybrzeze - Gdanskie Przedsiebiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej (GPEC). (Puls Biznesu, p.8)...Poczta Polska will need at least zl.800 million in investments to comply with the new postal law which will become effective in the second quarter of 2001. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.2)...Cracow-based Internet portal Interia was granted permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (KPWiG) to float publicly its 1,642,200 share issue, making Interia the first listed stock exchange in Eastern Europe. (Puls Biznesu, page 8) A.Z.