Sejm's final session approves Sunday trading ban and e-signature amendment

During its final session before Sunday's election, the Sejm yesterday adopted a Senate amendment to the Labor Law that would allow only shops and service points employing five or fewer workers to open on Sundays and national holidays. However, opponents of the change, mainly members of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Freedom Union (UW), are confident that it will be vetoed by President Aleksander Kwasniewski. The Sejm also adopted Senate modifications to the law on electronic signatures, giving the central bank affiliate Centrast the right to issue certificates authenticating individuals' e-signatures. The new law will become effective within nine months, once it is signed by the president. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 5) M.T.