Regulation of the Prime Minister of 19 May 2006 on the amount of remuneration for arbitrators (Journal of Law No. 87, item 607)

Pursuant to Article 193 (2) of the Act of 29 January 2004 – Public Procurement Law (Journal of Law No. 19, item 177, as amended), it is decreed as follows:

§ 1. 1. The basis for setting remuneration for an arbitrator's services shall be the reference amount set in the budget act for a given year in pursuance of Article 9 (1) (2) of the Act of 23 December 1999 on the setting of salaries in the state budget sector and on the amendment of certain acts (Journal of Law No. 110, item 1255 as amended )) for employees of the state budget sector, referred to in Article 5 (1) (b) of this Act.
2. Remuneration for arbitrator's services when examining the appeal shall amount to 45% of the reference amount referred to in Paragraph 1.
3. If an appeal is withdrawn before the opening of a hearing, an arbitrator's remuneration shall amount to 15% of the reference amount referred to in Paragraph 1.

§ 2. 1. The amount of remuneration for arbitrator's services in cases of appeals referred for joint examination shall be determined by adding to the amount of remuneration determined in the manner specified in § 1 (2), 20% of the amount of such remuneration for each successive jointly examined appeal, subject to Paragraph 2.
2. If at least one of appeals referred for joint examination is withdrawn before the opening of a hearing, the amount of remuneration for arbitrator's services with regard to the withdrawn appeal shall be determined by adding to remuneration determined in the manner specified in § 1 (3), 20% of the amount of such remuneration for each withdrawn appeal.
3. The amount of remuneration for arbitrator's services in cases of appeals referred for joint examination may not exceed 200% of the amount of remuneration determined in the manner specified in § 1 (2) and (3).

§ 3. The chairman of the arbitration panel when examining the appeal shall be entitled to remuneration determined in pursuance of the rules set out in § 1 and 2, increased by 50%.

§4. An arbitrator and the chairman of the arbitration panel shall be entitled to the reimbursement of reasonable expenses relating to their performance of activities in the appeal procedures, against receipts enclosed with the case documentation, up to the amount not exceeding PLN 500.00 for travelling costs and PLN 200.00 for one night's accommodation.

§ 5. To remuneration for arbitrators' services in appeal procedures commenced before the date of publication of the budget act for a given year in the Journal of Law of the Republic of Poland, the reference amount for the previous year shall apply.

§6. The Regulation of the Prime Minister of 15 March 2004 concerning the amount of remuneration for arbitrators' services (Journal of Law No. 48, item 461) shall be repealed.

§ 7. When determining remuneration for arbitrators' services in the case of appeals concerning contract award procedures lodged prior to the entry into force of this Regulation, the hitherto regulations shall apply.

§ 8. The Regulation shall enter into force on 25 May 2006.

Prime Minister