Changes in the Act of 9 June 2011 – Geological and Mining Law which were introduced with the amendment of 11 July 2014 involve the necessity to change the existing or to adopt new implementing acts.

Entrepreneur, are you familiar with the term "The Equator Principles”? For those planning a big investment in the mining industry, it is good to familiarize themselves with this concept now.

The government bill on the amendment of acts governing the conditions for access to certain professions (third tranche of deregulation) stipulates a series of changes and facilitating measures for obtaining, among others, geological qualifications.

The hype around the shale gas boom and the forecasts published in the previous years, according to which Poland has great chances of becoming a “hydrocarbon Eldorado” resulted in a situation when the amendment of the Geological and Mining Law (GML) of 11 July 2014 was associated in the media mainly with the so-called “shales”.

The amendment of the Geological and Mining Law of July 2014 introduced certain significant changes to the rules of awarding and implementing concessions concerning hydrocarbons.