The Sejm, which will begin a four-day session on Tuesday, will consider President Karol Nawrocki's veto to the act on the crypto-assets market. MEPs will also work on a project to improve the application of the European Arrest Warrant and on a project on short-term rentals.
The Sejm will consider the committee's report on the president's veto to the bill on the crypto-assets market on Thursday. In February, President Karol Nawrocki vetoed for the second time the act on the crypto-assets market, which introduces supervisory measures aimed at preventing violations, including: allows the Polish Financial Supervision Authority to suspend the public offering of cryptocurrencies. Previously, an act with almost identical content was vetoed by the president in December last year; The Sejm did not manage to overturn the veto. The act vetoed in February differed from the previous one only in the amount of the maximum fee for supervision.
Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented information from the Internal Security Agency on the links between right-wing politicians and the cryptocurrency exchange. He asked the Speaker of the Sejm to hold a vote on the president's veto to the bill on supervision of the crypto-asset market as soon as possible and called for the veto to be rejected.
The Public Finance and Economy and Development Committees will consider the president's veto at their meeting on Wednesday evening.
Not only cryptocurrencies. What else will the Sejm deal with?
According to the preliminary agenda, MPs will work on Tuesday a government project that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in maritime transport and increase the use of renewable and low-emission fuels. The project is intended to adapt Polish law to EU regulations.
The Sejm will also consider the government bill amendment to the Act on enforcement proceedings in administration. The project involves the launch of the eLicytacje portal, run by the National Tax Administration. It will be an electronic sales system, including: movable and immovable property belonging to tax debtors.
MEPs will also continue work on a government bill providing for the introduction of a general obligation to mark and register dogs and cats in the state register – National Register of Dogs and Cats Labeling. The agenda also includes a government draft amendment to the Act on the Polish language and the Act on the National Agency for Academic Exchange.
On Wednesday, the Sejm will work on a government deregulation project introducing changes to the regulations of the public Internet system, which is used to contain and operate, among others, employment contracts and mandate contracts. The new regulations are also intended to enable the transfer of contracts previously signed in paper form to the system.
MPs will deal with the government a draft amendment to the regulations regarding the tightening of the tax system in the area of production and sale of ready-mix concrete. The SENT IT system, which is used to monitor the transport of sensitive goods, is to be expanded.
The Sejm will also continue work on government bill on ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in combating crime. The agreement was signed on December 11 last year in Lviv by the Ministers of Internal Affairs of Poland and Ukraine, Marcin Kierwiński and Ihor Klymenko. The new regulation will replace the previous agreement concluded by both countries in 1999. According to Kierwiński, the purpose of the new agreement is to create a better legal framework for detecting, preventing and combating crime, including acts of sabotage.
MPs will work on Poland 2050 project on short-term rental. The bill was submitted to the Sejm at the beginning of December last year. The Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (Poland 2050), said then that the new regulations would “civilize short-term rental”. According to the project, short-term rental is the rental of premises for a period of less than 30 days. The premises where this type of services will be provided are to be specially marked. Failure to comply with the regulations would be punishable by a fine of up to PLN 50,000. zloty.
The Sejm will also start proceedings government draft law on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The project was prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. Its aim is to improve the implementation of ECtHR judgments in Polish cases, including: by describing the mechanism of action that is to lead to their implementation and specifying the deadlines for individual activities.
The project also lists the obligations of entities responsible for implementing the Tribunal's judgments and the principles of their cooperation. The proposed provisions are also intended to limit the number of similar and repeated complaints to the ECtHR from Poland, which result from unresolved systemic problems in our country. The justification for the project states that the need to introduce a new act results from the recently observed increase in the number of ECtHR judgments in cases against Poland.
There will also be debates on Wednesday two government projects changing, among others, Code of Criminal Procedure.
The aim of the first project is to increase judicial control over prosecutors' decisions. Currently, if the prosecutor refuses to admit a representative (e.g. a lawyer) of a person who is not a party to the proceedings in the investigation, a complaint can only be submitted to a higher-level prosecutor. After the changes, such a complaint will be recognized by the district court appropriate for the place where the proceedings are conducted. This means the introduction of independent control of the prosecutor's decisions by the court.
The second draft amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure aims to implement EU law. Its aim is to improve the use of the European Arrest Warrant. The idea is to supplement Polish provisions relating to EAW and ensure full implementation of this mechanism in the Polish legal order – through full implementation of the Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on EAW and the surrender procedure between Member States. The EAW enables the rapid transfer of persons between EU countries for the purpose of conducting criminal cases or executing a sentence.
On Thursday, MPs will work on it the government's draft amendment to the act on supporting the development of rural areas with the use of funds from the European Agricultural Fund. It provides for the introduction of an additional form of support, apart from sureties and guarantees, in the form of interest subsidies in order to reduce the costs of loan servicing.
On Friday morning it was planned todraws, among others on the Senate's amendments to several acts, including the act on the coordination of anti-corruption activities and the liquidation of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The Sejm will also consider the project prepared by PiS MPs, which concerns the introduction of regulations enabling the treatment of agricultural biogas plants operating within an agricultural holding as an inseparable part of that holding. Such an installation would be subject to agricultural tax, while being exempt from real estate tax.
Another bill submitted by PiS MPs, which will be considered by the Sejm, provides for the abolition of the fee for owning dogs. Some municipalities require a fee to own these animals.
The last item on the agenda is draft changes to the Penal Code prepared by the Confederation. Its aim is to tighten criminal liability for human smuggling crimes in the case of perpetrators who committed them in order to obtain financial gain. (PAP)
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