New law on unfair competition should create a level pitch for all players

The government passed a new bill yesterday on unfair competition, according to which shopping malls larger than 4,000 square meters cannot sell goods or services for prices which do not include the trading margin. This new bill is designed to ensure fair competing between large and small retailers. Large shops will not have the right to carry out unfair pricing policies and now must sell products with margins that covers trading costs. The gov ernment also agreed to introduce different types of duties for industrial and agricultural goods subsidized by foreign countries. Poland, as a member of the World Trade Organization, has the right to make use of legal pr otection against practices of unfair competition. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 10) A.K.