President Andrzej Duda, in the context of the postal control procedure, referred to the Constitutional Tribunal the law on assistance to citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that country and an amendment to the law restricting the supervision of the minister of Science restores. about NCBR – informed the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.
Law on assistance to citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, during the postal audit, submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of the Law of February 9, 2024 amending the Law on Assistance to Citizens of Ukraine in connection with armed conflict on the territory of this country, the Income Tax Act for Natural Persons and the Corporate Tax Act
— reported on the website of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.
The amendment extended temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees until March 4, 2025.
The regulation extends the validity of national visas and temporary permits for Ukrainian citizens, as well as the deadline for them to leave the territory of Poland and the deadline for their voluntary return.
The validity of residence cards, identity cards for Polish foreigners and documents for a “permit for tolerated stay” issued to Ukrainian citizens will also be extended, as well as the period during which the residence of a Ukrainian citizen is considered legal on the territory of Poland on the territory of Poland. on the basis of a Schengen visa issued by Poland and other countries, the Schengen area and under visa-free travel.
The amendment also extends the period of special rights for Ukrainian doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives. According to the new regulations, the period during which authorization to practice the profession and the granting of a conditional right to practice the profession can be granted to the above-mentioned groups of workers who have obtained qualifications outside the EU will be extended to 28 months from February . 24, 2022.
The period during which the Minister of Health may assign a number corresponding to the number of the right to practice the profession at the request of a doctor or dentist who has obtained a certificate of registration in the register of doctors who practice the profession temporarily and occasionally exercise. by the Supreme Medical Council and has reported that the intention to provide services by the same amount will be expanded health care for Ukrainian citizens.
The regulation also extends for another year the favorable solutions in the Personal Tax Law and the Corporate Tax Law, and expands the possibility of granting benefits to any entity – in particular a natural person running a household – who accommodation and meals provided to a citizen of Ukraine for a period of up to 120 days.
Amendment of the NCBR Act
His office also informed about the President’s second request to the Constitutional Court in a statement published on his website. As we read: “The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, during the postal audit, submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutional compliance of the Act of January 26, 2024 amending the Act. on the National Center for Research and Development and the law – Law on Higher Education and Science”.
The amendment to the Law on the National Center for Research and Development and the Law on Higher Education and Science presupposes, among other things: restoration of supervision of the NCBR by the minister responsible for higher education and science (currently supervision is exercised by the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy).
As announced by the Head of State!
This is the umpteenth decision that the President of the Republic of Poland has submitted to the Constitutional Court in this way. For the same reason, several laws relating to higher education were submitted to the Constitutional Court in the second half of February
Let us not forget that the Chancellery of the President announced at the end of January that President Duda signed the 2024 budget law, as well as the budget law and the amendment to the law on higher education.
Due to doubts about the correctness of the procedure for adopting the above-mentioned Due to the inability of MPs Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik to participate in the work of the Sejm regarding these acts, the President decided to adopt the above-mentioned acts, as a form of postal control, to be submitted to the Constitutional Court to investigate compliance. the Constitution
– reported by KPRP. It was announced that the President would take similar actions whenever MPs were unable to exercise their mandates due to general elections.
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Source: wPolityce
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