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Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) is seeking charges against the country’s largest company, energy giant PKN Orlen, after the firm refused attempts by NIK to audit it. But Orlen, which is almost 50% state owned, argues that the audits themselves had no legal basis and that it therefore could not cooperate with them. NIK’s president, Marian Banaś, revealed on Monday that it had filed three notifications to prosecutors of its suspicion of an offence under article 98 of the Supreme Audit Office Act, which relates to obstructing and thwarting audits.


He noted that NIK had unsuccessfully made two attempts to audit Orlen last year. The audit office also filed eight further claims of other suspected offences, including one relating to a false accusation of a criminal offence after Orlen complained to the public prosecutor’s office about the authority’s inspectors. The prosecutor’s office, however, refused to Phone Number List initiate proceedings in five cases brought by the NIK. Now, NIK has filed complaints in each of the cases to the district court in Warsaw and is prepared to file complaints in the remaining six cases. The first of two audit attempts concerned PKN Orlen’s and the Orlen Foundation’s spending on sponsorship, media activities, legal and consulting services, and the rules for granting donations to the foundation.

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The second covered activities to improve fuel security in the oil sector and the recent merger process between Orlen and its state-owned rivals Lotos and PGNiG, NIK said. Following the takeovers, Orlen – whose CEO Daniel Obajtek is close to the ruling party – is 49.9% owned by the Polish state. In a statement on Monday, Banaś – a former member of the government but who as head of NIK has become one of its opponents – said that in both inspections most companies involved with state ownership “prevented NIK inspects from commencing inspection activities” and failed to “provide relevant information”.
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