07.03.2022
On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted a new set of SCC to ensure compliance with new legislation (after the CJEU judgment in the Schrems II case). Consequently, all old SCC must be replaced with new ones by 27 December 2022. In the case of large enterprises, this means hundreds and sometimes thousands of contracts having to be signed in line with the new version!
23.08.2021
The Code of Good Practice for the Franchise Market (the “Code”) is a joint initiative of franchisees and franchisors as well as industry organisations and experts. A signatory of the Code should adjust its activity to the standards and rules adopted in the Code within six months after subscribing to the Code.
07.04.2021
April, May and June are the usual period for holding annual meetings of companies. In this legal alert, we wish to outline recent changes in the law that will affect the procedure for preparing and approving the financial statements of limited liability companies, including the payment of dividends.
29.01.2021
On January 1, 2021 a new amendment to the tax legislation, introducing a new obligation to prepare and publish information on the implemented tax strategy, came into force.
16.12.2019
On 1 January 2020, a significant part of the provisions of the Act of 30 August 2019 amending the Code of Commercial Companies.
13.10.2019
The aim of the register is to increase trading security and facilitate the verification of corporate entities.
19.07.2019
The act changes the principles related to the functioning of regional installations and the organisation and functioning of municipal waste management systems at municipalities.
30.01.2019
On 24 January, a draft of the new Public Procurement Law was published and sent for public consultation. The new Law is to replace the current regulation on 1 January 2020.
19.12.2018
On 14 November, the President of the Republic of Poland signed an amendment to the Tax Code implementing Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164. The changes include the introduction of the requirement to disclose tax schemes.
22.10.2018
In the Government Legislative Centre a new Act has been published on the liability of collective entities. It replaces the current ineffective regulation.
14.09.2018
It imposes further obligations on collective entities and tightens up the rules for their liability under the new provisions.
10.05.2018
More details regarding support system to replace special economic zones. The draft Act on Support for New Investments has entered the next phase.
08.01.2018
The proposed act requires all medium and large enterprises to introduce and apply effective internal anti-corruption procedures. The planned effective date of the new regulations is 1 March 2018.
23.11.2017
On 20 October the Ministry of Development and Finance published a draft act on the rules for supporting new investments. The proposed regulations address problems faced by investors.
12.01.2017
From 1 January it's possible to acquire a certificate of compliance of implemented policies and procedures relating to the prevention of corruption. Above mentioned provides a ISO standard 37001.
12.07.2016
On 12 July 2016 the European Commission took a decision to implement an agreement between the United States and the European Union on the transfer of personal data to the USA ("Privacy Shield”).
05.04.2016
On 14 April 2016 the European Parliament finally adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in two years' time, i.e. in May 2018.
20.02.2016
At the beginning of February the European Commission and the United States announced that they had agreed on a new framework for transatlantic personal data flows between the EU and the USA.