Infrastruktura - Środowisko - Energia
Dodatek lobbingowy do "RZECZPOSPOLITEJ".
9 września 2008 r.

po polsku

The Union of Employers

The Association Agreement of Brown Coal Manufacturers

Brown coal is a safe and economical power source. Modern tendencies concerning fuels and the production of electric and thermal energy clearly indicate that both brown coal mining and the power industry based on this type of fuel play an important role in the fuel-energy balance of the country; besides, considerable resources of brown coal guarantee the country's power safety for a long time.

Therefore, in February 1992, in order to guard the well-being of opencast mining of brown coal - the cheapest fuel - The Union of Employers: The Association Agreement of Brown Coal Manufacturers (Związek Pracodawców Porozumienie Producentów Węgla Brunatnego, PPWB for short) was established. Its aim is to take up activities enhancing the broad development of its members, the development of brown coal business, the multi-directional exploitation of brown coal as well as the reduction of negative influence which the mining industry exerts on the environment.

The basic objective of The Union of Employers PPWB is to protect the rights and represent the business of its members towards state and local authorities as well as in the European arena. It should also be added that PPWB is an active member of the Confederation of Polish Employers, the Mining Industry Forum and EUROCOAL (The European Association for Coal and Lignite).

The authorities of PPWB include: the General Meeting of Full Members, the Association Agreement Council, the Board and the Auditing Committee. The post of the President of the Board of PPWB is held by Mr Stanisław Żuk (the President of the Board, the General Director of the PGE KWB Turów S.A. brown coal mine), while the post of the chairman of the Association Agreement Council is held by Mr Jacek Kaczorowski (the President of the Board, the General Director of the PGE KWB Bełchatów S.A. brown coal mine).

In PPWB, there are 15 transactors, which employ altogether about 21,000 employees. The members of PPWB are: the KWB "Adamów" S.A. brown coal mine, the PGE KWB Bełchatów S.A. brown coal mine, the Unit for Technological Equipment and Transport at the PGE KWB Bełchatów S.A. brown coal mine, the Unit for Production and Repair at the PGE KWB Bełchatów S.A. brown coal mine, the Unit for Engineering and Construction Work at the PGE KWB Bełchatów S.A. brown coal mine, the KWB "Konin" S.A. brown coal mine, the PGE KWB Turów S.A. brown coal mine, the KWB "Sieniawa" Sp. z o.o. brown coal mine, the "Poltegor-projekt" Sp. z o.o. company, the Poltegor-Institute - the institute of opencast mining, the KOPEX-FAMAGO Sp. z o.o. company, the FUGO S.A. company, Fabryka Maszyn i Urządzeń "FAMAK" S.A. - machinery and equipment company, the SKW Biuro Projektowo-Techniczne Sp. J. - the construction design company, and the Sempertrans Bełchatów Sp. z o.o company. n

[S.A. in the name of the company stands for a joint-stock company, Sp. z o.o. - a limited liability company, and Sp.J. - a general partnership]

59-916 Bogatynia 3
tel. 075 77 35 262, fax 075 77 35 060
www.ppwb.org.pl