Ograniczenie autonomii prezesa Państwowej Agencji Atomistyki
Limitation of the autonomy of the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA)

Summary/Abstract: The last amendment to the Atomic Law of 2016 introduced two major changes in the organizational structure of the auxiliary apparatus of the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) — the chief nuclear regulatory body in Poland and at the same time a central government administration body. It changed the mode of dismissal of the PAA vice presidents by the minister responsible for environment from the application to the discretionary mode. In addition, the powers of PAA President regarding the appointment of his advisory body (the Council for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection) have been transferred to the minister who presently determines the composition of the Council and appoints the chairman, his deputy and the secretary. These changes have limited the autonomy of the PAA President, refl ecting reversal of the current legislative tendencies in Poland. So far the legislator has gradually but consistently expanded the scope of the PAA President’s independence, which has its origins both in the concept of central government administration bodies as well as in international and European law of nuclear energy.

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