The shallow nature of the new Law on Economic Freedom exposed

Gdynia-based company Poland-Services was one of the first to find out about this at the beginning of the month. According to the law, only one public institution can perform an audit on a company at any given time. However, the Regional Food Product Quality Inspection (WIJHARS) did not feel bound by this regulation and insisted on auditing Poland-Service, although the company was already being subjected to a routine inspection by the customs office at the time. WIJHARS claims that the company agreed to the second audit, which is allowed by the law. Poland-Service admitted that it did indeed agree, but only because it felt it had no choice. "Who would have dared not to agree? We could have been fined, we could have ended up under the scrutiny of the tax office," said Zbigniew Smolarek, deputy director of Poland-Services. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) T.J.