President of UOKiK resigns

On May 12, Adam Jasser will resign from his position as the President at Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), the company informed. Adam Jasser will be replaced by economist and historian Marek Niechciał, who was UOKiK President from 2006 to 2007. Marek Niechciał was also employed at different positions by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Gazeta Wyborcza, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, and the National Bank of Poland. The President of the Office is responsible for shaping the antitrust policy and consumer protection policy, and reports directly to the Prime Minister. The UOKiK President has also the power to carry out proceedings concerning practices infringing collective consumer interests, which may lead a decision ordering the enterprise involved to cease the practices in question and pay a fine.