In Brief: Product protection; Driving license age; Import pricing; Drunk dr iver

Companies have until April 30 to ask the Economy Ministry for protection of their products against duty-free imports from the EU after membership. So f ar no company has expressed interest. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) ... The Infra structure Ministry is proposing lowering the minimum age of drivers to 16. However, they would only be allowed to drive in the presence of an experien ced driver until they reach 18. The ministry would also like to introduce m ore stringent regulations concerning driving license exams. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) ... If discounts on imported products are not given by the seller to the importer shortly after their import, the duty declaration on the aforem entioned goods can be treated as invalid, the Finance Ministry declared (Rz eczpospolita, p. C2) ... The former president of Łódź, Marek Czekalski, has been fined zł. 1,000 is banned from driving for one year for a drunk driving offense. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C2) J.K.