Poland referred to EU court over banks, energy

The European Commission wrote in statement on Thursday that if Poland does not regulate the banking system, it may “undermine the level playing field in the EU banking sector as it means that an important part of the Single Rulebook is missing in the Member States which have not enacted the DGSD.”

In the case of energy and biofuels, the EC said: Polish law is not fully in line with EU law. Firstly, fuels can only be marketed if specific fuel requirements are in place, but such requirements do not exist for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), a biofuel that is imported to Poland.

"Secondly, preferential treatment is given to fuel operators who source at least 70 percent of their biofuels - liquid or gaseous fuel for transport produced from biomass - from Polish manufacturers and when the biofuels are produced predominantly from raw materials originating in certain countries. This preferential treatment discriminates against biofuels manufacturers and raw material producers in other countries. (rg)