With PKN Orlen’s prices down and the consumer price index (CPI) slowing, it looks like Poland is finally catching up with other European Union countries after its painful economic slump. But the country’s energy markets have also thrown up a political quagmire, with allegations that the state-dominated energy giant is manipulating the market to benefit from its own takeovers of rivals.

EUWorkers has sent Poland a powerful message this week with its latest Order, forcing the Member State to choose between its membership of the club of European integration or its path toward authoritarian illiberalism. However, it will be some time before the Court’s decision is fully implemented.

A key element of the interim measures requested by the Commission is that they should remain in place until supplanted by a value set for the EQ-5D-5L that has been generated using preferences elicited from a representative sample of the Polish general population. This study uses the crosswalk methodology to generate an interim EQ-5D-5L value set for Poland, which can be used in studies in this country until such a value set is published.

Evaluating the True Cost of Interim Support in Poland

Interim measures are a common feature of civil procedure in many Member States, including Poland. As a result, the relevant rules of law (such as the Brussels I-bis Regulation 3 and the Lugano Convention 4) need to be applied on a case-by-case basis. In particular, the suitability of the measures for securing claims against non-monetary claims needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, which has led to abundant Polish case law in this area.