22 May 2023
Today, the Family Foundation Act enters into force. It provides for a new legal structure modelled on similar solutions that have been in place for years in countries such as the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Malta and Liechtenstein. The legislature intended a family foundation to be the optimal legal form for managing family assets and for succession planning. Why set up a...
14 March 2023
On 9 March 2023, the Polish Parliament passed a long-awaited law implementing EU directives regarding work-life balance and pay transparency. The amendment provides for significant changes to the conclusion and termination of employment contracts and provides employees with a number of new entitlements. The law is currently awaiting the President's signature, with a planned eff...
20 February 2023
2023 opened with significant changes in labour law. Starting from 21 February, employers will be able to control employees' sobriety under new rules, and provisions introducing remote work into the Labour Code will become legally binding from 7 April. Furthermore, a bill implementing the "work-life balance" directive and the directive on transparent wages is currently going thr...
3 January 2023
On 1 January 2023, amendments to consumer protection regulations related to the implementation of the Digital Content Directive, the Sale of Goods Directive and the Omnibus Directive into the Polish legal system came into force. These directives were implemented by: (i) the Act amending the Consumer Rights Act and certain other acts of 1 December 2022 (Journal of Laws 2022, ite...
12 December 2022
In a judgment of 22 November 2022 (a judgment delivered in joined cases C-37/20 and C-601/20), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) questioned the unrestricted public access to information on beneficial owners, i.e. access for everyone and without additional requirements. The CJEU found that full disclosure of the register of beneficial owners unjustifiab...
6 September 2022
On 13 October 2022, an amendment to the Polish Commercial Companies Code[1] will enter into force that includes changes that will affect the functioning of governing bodies of companies. The legislature has decided to amend Article 202 § 2, Article 218 § 2 and Article 369 § 1 of the CCC[2]. These provisions address issues related to the terms of office of members of manageme...
23 August 2022
On 13 October 2022, the Amendment to the Commercial Companies Code[1] will enter into force, which in addition to introducing certain changes to the rules concerning the exercise of corporate governance, introduces new provisions governing the holding law into the Commercial Companies Code. The Amendment to the Commercial Companies Code aims to regulate holdings (both de facto ...
18 August 2022
The Polish Act on Special Measures to Prevent and Counteract Aggression against Ukraine and to Safeguard National Security[1] dated 13 April 2022 (Polish: Ustawa z dnia 13 kwietnia 2022 r. o szczególnych rozwiązaniach w zakresie przeciwdziałania wspieraniu agresji na Ukrainę oraz służących ochronie bezpieczeństwa narodowego) (the “Sanction Act”) entered into force i...
8 July 2022
On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament adopted a regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (the Digital Markets Act) (the "DMA"). It will enter into force twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the EU and become effective six months from that date. Obligations constructed under the DMA will significantly affect the operation of undertak...
27 June 2022
In 2022, employers will face significant changes in labour law. Currently, two significant amendments to the Labour Code are pending that will require companies to implement new internal regulations and to update their current internal labour law provisions. The planned changes will affect the following areas: remote work; monitoring employee sobriety; and work-li...