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Seminar report on contractual advantage on March 7, 2018.

We cordially invite you to read the report from the Seminar on Challenges in commercial relations in the supply chain of food products after the entry of the law on contractual advantage , which took place on March 7, 2018 .

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CARS Honorary Award 2018 – Wielka Sowa (Big Owl) – for Judge Dr. Stanisław Gronowski

We are happy to announce that CARS Honorary Award 2018 was granted to Dr. Stanisław Gronowski, retired judge of the Supreme Administrative Court.

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Report from the Seminar on new Polish law against abuse of bargaining power in food supply chain 7 March 2018 r.

The Report from the Seminar on new Polish law against abuse of bargaining power in food supply chain has just been published

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Conference "Draft Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices in the Food Supply Chain and the Polish Act on Counteracting the Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage" 20 June 2018.

The fight against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain is gaining momentum both in Poland and at the EU level. Since the middle of last year, the Act on Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trade in Agricultural and Food Products has been in force in Poland, the enforcement of which has been entrusted to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. In April, the European Commission announced a draft directive with objectives similar to those set by the Polish legislator before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection - protection of small and medium-sized agricultural producers and processors

The status of work on the directive and its possible interaction with the Polish act will be the subject of a scientific conference organized by the Center for Antimonopoly and Regulatory Studies (CARS) of the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw (Warsaw, ul. Szturmowa 1/3, Aula C) on June 20, 2018. The conference will also concern the evolution of trade relations between suppliers and retail chains in the context of new regulations.

We cordially invite you to participate!

Please confirm your presence by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Scientific expert opinion: Analysis of the Transparency Measures under Article 4 Section 1 of the Regulation 2015/2120 with Examples from the Polish Telecommunications Market

The scientific expert opinion was prepared by Dr. Andrzej Nałęcz (CARS Electronic Communications Laboratory) for the Office of Electronic Communications.

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CARS 2018 AWARDS - Gala, June 20, 2018, at 14.30.

Also this year, the annual CARS Awards will be awarded: the CARS 2018 Scientific Award and the CARS 2018 Honorary Award. The 2018 CARS Honorary Award, the so-called Wielka Sowa will go to Dr. Stanisław Gronowski , former judge of the Antimonopoly Court (SOKiK) and the Supreme Administrative Court.

The results of the still ongoing competition for the CARS 2018 Science Award will be announced during the ceremony of awarding both awards, which will take place on June 20, 2018, at approx. 14.30, that is after the end of the CARS Conference entitled "The draft directive on unfair commercial practices in the food supply chain and the Polish act on counteracting the unfair use of contractual advantage".

Participants of the competitions and all interested parties, including conference participants, are cordially invited. We will be grateful for your participation by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Visiting lecture of Prof. Alan Khee-Jin Tan from National University of Singapore

The Civil Aviation Laboratory CARS, University of Warsaw has the honour of inviting you to the lecture: European Union – Association of Southeast Asian Nations Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement by Alan Khee-Jin Tan.

Professor Alan Tan will discuss the perspectives of the world’s first air transport agreement between two major regional trading blocks. The lecture will take place on 18 June 2018.

Please confirm your attendance by the end of May 2018 with Ms. Magdalena Kiełkiewicz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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iKAR No. 3/2018 has just been published

It is our pleasure to inform you that iKAR No. 3/2018 has just been published. Its editor is Professor Cezary Banasiński (Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw). The majority of texts in the volume are related to preventive control of concentrations of undertakings. Please feel free to have a look here

5th National Scientific Conference "Consumer on the passenger rail transport market" (May 9, 2018, Łódź)

We invite you to the 5th National Scientific Conference "Consumer on the passenger rail market" (May 9, 2018, Łódź), which will be held on May 9, 2018 at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź, ul. Kopcińskiego 8/12. CARS holds the honorary patronage over the event.
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iKAR No. 2/2018 has just been published

iKAR No. 2/2018 has just been published. Its editor is Professor Anna Piszcz (Law Faculty, University of Białystok) who is an editor-in-chief of iKAR. The majority of texts in the volume are related to legal protection against sensu largo unfair practices as well as enforcement and improvements of competition law.
Please feel free to have a look here