Law in Brief: Data protection; Environment; School project; Police killing

Strict national regulations concerning the protection of personal data are a serious obstacle to entrepreneurs taking part in some tenders, including deals with NATO. This is to be changed once new security certificates are issued that will be valid for several years, saving businessmen the trouble of applying for a new document every time they want to take part in a tender. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) ... As of today new, more stringent, r egulations concerning the emission of ozone-hostile gases come into force. The new regulations comply with the European Parliament's 2037/2000 di rective. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C.2) ... 103,000 of the country's poorest children who are to start their education this year, will receive school essentials including a backpack, tracksuit and other stationery worth zł. 90 as well as textbooks worth zł. 100. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C2) ... Two police officers accused of accidentally killing a Ukrainian driver have been sentenced to around two years each in prison. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 7) J.K. Tax News