Excerpt from the Act regulating the activity of the Committee on Mining of the Polish Academy of Sciences:
§ 1
1. The range of activity of the Committee on Mining of the Polish Academy of Sciences, hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”, covers all the matters pursuant to Art. 36 Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30th April 2010 (Journal of Laws Dz. U. No. 96 Item 619 with subsequent amendments), additionally assuming the specificity of the disciplines of science referring to the Committee.
2. The Committee is predominantly entitled to:
- publishing its journal - Archives of Mining Sciences,
- organizing and co-organizing scientific conferences,
- popularizing the outcomes of debates, discussions and scientific conferences,
- functioning as a national committee for collaboration with international organizations and associations,
- initiating all possible activities aiming at the development of mining sciences and the application of their achievements for the sake of the country,
- analyzing and evaluating the condition of mining sciences, as well as related disciplines of science and institutions of science (following their own initiative or the initiative of one of the Academy’s bodies),
- performing scientific opinions, evaluations, analyses and foresights pertaining to mining sciences and related disciplines of science,
- performing multidisciplinary scientific analyses with other scientific committees (following their own initiative or the initiative of one of the Academy’s bodies),
- evaluating candidates for the corresponding members of the Polish Academy of Sciences in mining and related sciences,
- submitting and evaluating applications for faculty awards,
- expressing opinions on economic policy of the country, particularly pertaining to mining and energy policy, as well as mining and related sciences,
- dealing with issues related to widely-understood mining by order of the authorities of the Academy,
- integrating scientific societies and economic millieus for the sake of generating innovation in mining.