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III SW 42/03 AI generated

Supreme Court dismissed referendum campaign certificate claim due to lack of specific EU accession activity in association statutes.

Case Number III SW 42/03
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

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The Supreme Court dismissed the Polish Association of Retired and Pensioned Railway Workers' appeal against the Electoral Commission's refusal to issue a certificate for referendum campaign participation. The Commission denied the request because the association's statutes did not explicitly mention the referendum's subject matter, which was the ratification of the EU accession treaty. The Court ruled that while general statutory goals sufficed for other contexts, the specific subject of this referendum was not covered by the association's broad objectives, rendering the submitted documents insufficient to prove eligibility.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 48 ust. 1 pkt 3 lit. c ustawy o referendum ogólnokrajowym; The court held that for a general referendum, it is sufficient for related activity to fall within statutory goals, but the specific subject must be evident in the documents if those goals are not directly linked to the referendum topic.

Keywords

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referendum campaign certificate statutory goals sufficiency EU accession treaty electoral commission decision association eligibility criteria

Cited Legislation

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art. 48 ust. 1 pkt 3 lit. c ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o referendum ogólnokrajowym
art. 48 ust. 2 pkt 3 ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o referendum ogólnokrajowym
art. 48 ust. 3 ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o referendum ogólnokrajowym
art. 48 ust. 4 ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o referendum ogólnokrajowym
art. 48 ust. 7 ustawy z dnia 14 marca 2003 r. o referendum ogólnokrajowym

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