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Przepisy karne stypizowane w ustawie – Prawo energetyczne
Penal sanctions specified in the Energy Law Act

Author(s): Sonia Auguścik
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Commercial Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: penal provisions; criminal liability; Energy Law Act; REMIT Regulation

Summary/Abstract: The amended Energy Law Act entered into force on 11 September 2015 and implements the REMIT Regulation into the Polish legal system. This article focuses on the penal sanctions specified in section 7a of the Polish Energy Law Act. Criminal liability is new for the domestic energy sector. The analysis includes issues such as: the purpose of introducing penal provisions, the catalogue of criminal sanctions (and their nature) as well as procedural standards (the investigation). This analysis was conducted in accordance with generally applicable laws, taking into account the views of jurisprudence and criminal law doctrine

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 23-34
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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