A day earlier, the two neighbours signed a deal to end the long-running dispute over the open-cast mine in southwestern Poland near the Czech border.
"The Czech Republic has withdrawn its complaint to European institutions and that ends this issue," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference on Friday.
Under the deal, Poland undertook to pay the Czech Republic EUR 45 million (around USD 51 million) in compensation for environmental damage caused by the expansion of the mine on the Polish side of the border, officials told reporters.
Poland also promised to upgrade infrastructure and build a protective underground barrier to prevent water levels from dropping, news media reported.
After the deal was signed on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said his country would withdraw the complaint against Poland after the payment is received.
Poland's Morawiecki said the agreement could help open a new chapter in bilateral relations.
The Czech government last year filed for an injunction with the European Court of Justice, saying the Turów mine was draining groundwater away from surrounding areas and harming Czech citizens.
The European Union's top court in September ruled that Poland must pay a EUR 500,000 daily fine to the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, for defying an earlier order to halt operations at Turów.
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Source: PAP, TVP Info, Reuters
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