Regulations of Katowice Special Economic Zone
Pursuant to article 10 item 2 of the Act of October 20th 1994 on special economic zones ((Journal
of Laws of 1996 No. 123, item 600, No. 106 item 496 and of 1997 No. 121 item 770.) the present
Regulation effective within the territory of Katowice Special Economic Zone is issued.
Section 1
General articles
§ 1.
1. Regulations define methods of performing management over Katowice Special Economic
Zone, hereinafter called the ”Zone”, by Katowice Special Economic Zone Co. with its
registered office in Katowice, hereinafter called “Manager”.
2. The word “Act” used in the Regulation refers to the Act on special economic zones
quoted above.
3. “Subzone” refers to the group of plots as per the Appendix to the ordinance of the Council
of Ministers of June 18th 1996 on establishment of the special economic zone in the
Province of Katowice. (Journal of Laws, No. 88, item 397 and 1997 No. 28 item 155.)
§ 2.
Regulation is effective on the whole territory of the Katowice Special Economic Zone consisting
of the four subzones
 Gliwice subzone
 Jastrzębie-Żory subzone
 Sosnowiec-Dąbrowa subzone
 Tychy subzone
Section 2
Competence and responsibilities of Manager
§3
1. Manager is authorized specifically to:
1) Carry out tenders or negotiations with entrepreneurs applying for a permit to
conduct business activity on the territory of the Zone, and perform audits aiming
at verification of compliance of the activity performed by the entities with the
conditions defined in the permit, pursuant to the regulation issued in accordance
with article 17 of the Act,
2) issuing, on behalf of Minister of Economy, the permit for conducting business
activity within the territory of the Zone and performing the audit of the entities,
which hold the permit, according to the Regulation of the Minister of Economy of
May 6th, 1997 on authorizing Katowice Special Economic Zone Co. to grant the
permits for conducting business activity and performing the audit of the operation
of the companies on the territory of the Katowice Special Economic Zone and
defining the scope of these audits (M.P. - Official Gazette of the Republic of
Poland No. 30, item 285.)
3) issuance of the opinions for the Minister of Economy about the entities applying
for permit for conducting business activity within the Zone, in cases defined in the
article 17, section 2 of the Act.
4) Issuance of the opinion prior to publishing the decision by Minister of Economy
on withdrawing or altering the permit in accordance with article 16 section 6 of
the Act.
5) Property right and perpetual usufruct pre-emption for the territories located within
the Zone, as per article 8 section 2 of the Act,
6) Keeping the record of the companies operating in the Zone.
2. By means of separately concluded agreements Manager can run the tenders to sell, let for
perpetual usufruct or lease the properties located within the Zone, and not being owned by
Manager. Manager charges provision for this activity.
§ 4.
1. Keeping the record of the companies conducting business activity within the Zone, in
accordance with § 3, section 1, point 6 is aimed specifically at:
a) monitoring the location of the companies
b) keeping and updating the location plans of the Zone
c) maintaining the information services on the Zone
d) calculating and collecting all the relevant charges on account of Manager’s costs,
as per § 12 and 13 of the hereto regulation.
2. Owners or amenable owners of the properties located within the Zone are obliged to
report the intention of starting any business activity not included in the permit to the
record.
3. The record of the companies is the basis for concluding the agreements with these
companies for services and administrative functions performed by the Manager in the
Zone and defining the costs related to the administration within the Zone and maintaining
the general infrastructure.
§ 5.
1. Manager defines the directions of development of the Zone. In order to do this Manager:
1) Gathers and provides the geodesic information aimed at helping the potential
investor in making the decision about location of the business activity in the Zone,
2) Runs the information system supporting investors’ choice in terms of relevant
economic partners in investments carried in the zone,
3) Provides support and facilitates the contacts between the companies and owners of
the infrastructure in order to gain access to the utilities.
Section 3.
Use of utilities and other infrastructure items.
§6
1. Business entities operating within the Zone gain access to such utilities as: electric
energy, natural gas, water, heating, dialup access, and access to the disposal facilities for
sewage, industrial and municipal waste, and to other items of infrastructure, as per the
conditions defined in the contracts with utilities suppliers.
2. The contracts for access to the utilities as per section 1, can require the relevant
infrastructure to be constructed, with respect to the investment location. Contracts for
disposal of sewage, industrial and municipal waste, can require the sewage treatment
plant or other similar facility to be constructed, based on water supply and sewage
disposal consent.
3. Unless the contract between the supplier and the entrepreneur states otherwise, the
entrepreneur is charged with the costs of providing the infrastructure connection.
§7
Infrastructure development planning and land development concept, including architectural
designs of buildings, in which the business activity is to be conducted, are presented to the
Manager for acceptation.
Section 4
Natural environment and Zone territory protection
§8
1. Manager evaluates the entrepreneurs’ motions to issue the decision about the acceptable
atmospheric pollution emission, to be submitted to the public administration organs.
2. Entrepreneur operating in the Zone which holds the decision about the acceptable
atmospheric pollution emission, is obliged present this decision to the Manager.
3. Violation of the provisions of the decision mentioned in point 2 can become grounds for
withdrawal of the permit for conducting business activity in the Zone.
§9
1. Any owner, perpetual user or leaser of the lands within the Zone, on premises of which
the roads, yards, pedestrian routes and greenstones are located, are obliged to maintain
these in the appropriate condition.
2. Safeguard and security of the plots and facilities located within the Zone is within the
responsibility of the owners, perpetual users or amenable owners.
§ 10.
In case the lease or perpetual usufruct contract of the plot located in the Zone is annulled, the
entrepreneur who terminates the business activity in the Zone is obliged to repair the damages
being the result of the entrepreneur’s activity and to reclaim the land as defined in separate
regulations. This obligation also applies to any owner of the property located within the Zone.
Section 5.
Costs related to administration of the Zone and maintaining its infrastructure
§ 11.
1. Entrepreneurs and entities which own or have other rights to the land located within the
Zone is obliged to pay the costs incurred by the Manager or other entity, to which the
services related to administration of the Zone and maintenance of general infrastructure of
the Zone were subcontracted.
2. Participation in costs is defined by the Manger, with respect to the size occupied by the
entrepreneur, type of activity performed, level of employment, turnover and freight
traffic.
§ 12.
Costs related to Zone administration include:
1. running the record of companies and location decisions
2. maintaining the information service
3. monitoring the companies’ activities compliance with the relevant permits
4. costs of other activities related to the general administrative service
§ 13.
Costs defined in § 12 do not include costs of expertise, appraisals, analyses, documentations,
preparation and updating of the land maps, prepared in response to the individual needs of the
entrepreneurs operating in the Zone.
§ 14.
Charges on account of costs as defined in § 12 and 13 are collected in advance quarterly. First
payment is established based on the investor’s declaration and is settled after the first period of
investor’s operation.
Section 6
Final provisions
§ 15
Regulation of September 5th 1996 determines.
§ 16
Present regulation comes into force once approved by the Minister of Economy.