- We managed to finalize the eighteen-year-long process of Russian accession to World Trade Organisation. It is a big success of Polish Presidency in the field of common commercial policy – said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak after the signature of bilateral EU-Russia agreements concerning the accession of Russia to the WTO (World Trade Organization). The ceremony took place on December 16th 2011.
Energy efficiency, transmission infrastructure and strengthening of external dimension of EU energy policy to be discussed in Brussels. A EU directive on energy efficiency, a regulation on transmission infrastructure and conclusions on strengthening the external dimension of the European Union’s energy policy are the main topics on the agenda of the upcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE). The meeting of energy ministers from Member States is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 24th November. The Council session will be chaired by Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak.
‘The Polish Presidency has presented to its social partners a report titled “Towards European Consensus on Growth”. It contains proposals of concrete efforts which will help the European Union find its way out of the economic crisis,’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak remarked following a session of the Tripartite Social Summit. It was held in Brussels on 17th October 2011.
‘European energy security is not only made up of guaranteed access to supplies, but also on their effective distribution via a common market,’ said Deputy Economics Minister Maciej Kaliski at the start of the conference ‘A Competitive and Integrated Market, as the Guarantor of EU Energy Security’. The international debate organised by the Economics Ministry, State Treasury, Foreign Ministry and the Energy Regulatory Office took place on 10th October 2011 in Cracow.
The participants hammered out a draft agreement on the introduction of a unified system for resolving patent disputes. The document contains legal provisions which would allow the issuing of patents valid in the whole of the EU and envisages a single system for patent litigation, declared the Polish Deputy Minister of Economy, Marcin Korolec.
‘We want the initiatives incorporated in the Single Market Act to get fast-track legislative treatment. That will allow us to respond effectively to current challenges connected with the global economic situation and will enhance our competitiveness,’ commented Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak at the Single Market Forum in Cracow. The forum ended with participants sending the Cracow Declaration to the EU Council, Parliament and the European Commission.
‘We have identified 20 of the regulatory barriers more painful to entrepreneurs and employees which make functioning in the single market difficult. We wish to eliminate them in the near future,’ said Deputy Minister and Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak during the Single Market Forum (SIMFO). The meeting of representatives of EU administration and business was held on 3rd October 2011 in Cracow.
Lowering roaming fees, introducing a European Professional Card and free electronic-payment space are the subjects due to be discussed at the Single Market Forum. The Ministry of Economy, European Parliament and European Commission invite those interested to SIMFO which is being held on 3rd-4th October 2011 in Cracow.
‘Entrepreneurs operating in the SME sector need a single, simple and, above all, cheap system of patent recognition. The EU is very close to agreement on the introduction of a single patent court for all Member States,’ Deputy Economy Minister Marcin Korolec underlined. The conference ’The Future of a Single System for Resolving Patent Disputes in the European Union’ was held in Warsaw on 23 September.
‘Energy markets in Europe are an interconnected system. The European Union must find a way to reconcile EU energy policy with national priorities in this area,’said Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak during the session of the informal Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. The meeting of energy ministers of Member States was held on 19th-20th September 2011 in Wrocław.
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