W&W Law Firm is a supporting partner of the next edition of the “Energy Law” competition and conference!
W&W is a supporting partner of the third edition of the national “Energy Law” competition and conference!
The National Conference on Energy Law will be held on 19 April 2016 in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. Polish and German specialists in the field of renewable energy sources have been invited to participate in the event, and a member of the W&W team will give a lecture. More information about the event will soon be available on the organizer’s website.
The Competition, aimed at students, will be held in Poznan the day after the Conference on April 20, 2016. W&W is the sponsor of the prize money for the competition, which is devoted to the subject of energy law, energy and energy policy. Participants interested in participating in the contest must write an essay (on one of the suggested topics below) and submit it by 1 February 2015 to the address provided by the organizer. The best five entrants, as assessed by the Scientific Council, will take part in the second stage of the competition.
The Scientific Council has designated the following topics for entrants to choose from:
- The advantages and disadvantages of the legal measures adopted for the bidding at auctions electricity generated from renewable energy sources
- The so-called. “Market power” as an element of the energy market
- The necessary reform of the Polish mining industry from the perspective of the electricity sector
- New legal requirements on industrial emissions in relation to energy facilities
- The supervision of wholesale trade in energy products (“REMIT”) in light of the current legislation (for example, electricity or gas)
- Energy planning as an instrument to ensure the fulfillment of the objectives set out in Article. 1 paragraph. 2 of the Energy Law. The participants and the form in which activities are carried out in this area
Sanctioning entities performing activities covered by the Act - Energy Law as a means of ensuring practical effectiveness
W&W is once again supporting the competition devoted to energy law as organized by the Poznan branch of the European Association of Law Students at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan.