Read the Initial Assessment published by the NCP 20 November 2017: English | Polish

The case pertains to a notification of alleged breach of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by a Polish company based in Warsaw, which is part of a larger enterprise whose main headquarters is located in France.

The notification of alleged breach of the OECD Guidelines was submitted to the Ministry of Economic Development, where Poland’s OECD National Contact Point is located, on 27 June 2017.

Upon receiving the notification, the NCP took the following actions:

• on 10 July 2017 the company was informed of the notification, upon which it took a written position in the matter by letter dated 19 July 2017,
• on 11 July 2017, in accordance with the provisions of the Conduct procedure in specific instances related to an alleged breach of OECD Guidelines, France’s NCP was informed of the notification’s submission,
• on 11 September 2017 members of Poland’s NCP met with the notifying party,
• on 13 September 2017 members of Poland’s NCP met with representatives of the company pertaining to the notification,
• the NCP conducted a thorough analysis of the case on the basis of information and documentation provided by the parties of the proceeding,
• the NCP prepared a draft Initial Assessment, which was sent to the parties on 3 October 2017 with a request for comments within 10 days of receiving the document,
• comments to the contents of the Initial Assessment were submitted only by the notifying party,
• the NCP implemented a correction of the contents and prepared a final version of the Initial Assessment.  

Following its evaluation of the case, the NCP has decided not to open proceedings in this matter, given the congruent court proceedings concerning the subject of the notification, including the one proceeding to which the Notifier is a party.

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