AmCham Poland is continually active in the legislative process and legal environment in Poland. This AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin provides an update of our advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies. We also invite you to visit our websitewhere we regularly publish the latest activities of AmCham and previous

AmCham Poland is continually active in the legislative process and legal environment in Poland. This AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin provides an update of our advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies. IN THIS ISSUE:  I.      Deregulation Bill II.     Changes to the Cybersecurity Law III.   Implementation of CSR Directive IV.  

AmCham Poland is continually active in the legislative process and legal environment in Poland. This AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin provides an update of our advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies.  IN THIS ISSUE:  1. Advocacy Priorities to the New Government 2. Preliminary Principles for Implementing the DSA 3. Directive Proposal on

This AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin provides an update of our advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies.

This AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin provides an update of our advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies.

Newest update of AmCham advocacy work in a variety of areas on behalf of our member companies

AmCham Poland Advocacy Bulletin

The Ministry of Digital Affairs has sent a draft bill on artificial intelligence systems for public consultation. The bill aims to make the provisions of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act applicable within the Polish legal order. The most important element of the draft is the establishment of a new regulatory body, the Artificial Intelligence Development

AmCham has prepared a letter regarding the needs of U.S. investors in Poland in connection with the U.S. Poland Economic and Commercial Dialogue. This government-to-government exchange occured on October 1, 2024, in Washington, DC and involved participation from Commerce Department Assistant Secretary and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Arun Venkataraman, along

On October 7, 2024, AmCham submitted a position paper to Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Jarosław Neneman, presenting key recommendations on the proposed amendments to the Excise Tax Act and the Fiscal Penal Code (UD139). The submission, made as part of the public consultation process, outlines concerns and suggestions from AmCham’s

AmCham Poland has presented its position as part of the public consultations organized by the Ministry of Digital Affairs on amendments to the National Cyber Security System Act. The proposed law introduces changes resulting from the EU’s NIS 2 Directive and new cyber security challenges. Among the main changes are the extension of the cyber security system

AmCham took part in the consultations on a draft bill on certification of public procurement contractors and amendments to certain other laws. The proposed law provides for introducing a certification system in public procurement procedures into Polish law and affects all investors operating in Poland that are parts of public contracts or willing to participate in

AmCham took part in the public consultations regarding implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive into the Polish law. This implementation is made by the draft bill amending the Accounting Act, the Act on Statutory Auditors, Audit Firms, and Public Oversight, among other regulations and affects:  all large entities operating in Poland,  entities that are the parent company

The Ministry of Health has completed the pre-consultation phase regarding amendments to the Reimbursement Act, aimed at clarifying the regulations. AmCham has identified six areas requiring urgent changes due to several potentially negative consequences associated with the implementation of the new regulations. The six areas identified by AmCham for urgent amendments are as follows: Abandonment

At the Ministry of Development and Technology’s invitation, AmCham Poland took part in the consultations on the Deregulation Bill. The proposed law accomodates many of the proposals made by AmCham in recent years, primarily regarding standards for the lawmaking process and guarantees of regulatory stability and applies to all entrepreneurs operating in Poland.  The Deregulation

The Ministry of Digital Affairs has invited AmCham to participate in consultations on changes to the Cybersecurity Law. The aim of the new regulation is to strengthen the protection of citizens and institutions against growing threats in cyberspace and to adopt NIS2 Directive updating the EU cyber-security framework. This new regulation affects mostly key service operators and digital

The Ministry of Development sent for public consultation a draft bill on certification of public procurement contractors and amendments to certain other laws last week. It provides for introducing a certification system in public procurement procedures into Polish law. The project will directly improve the situation for all entities seeking public procurement in Poland, including foreign investors, by

The Ministry of Development and Technology invited AmCham to consultations on the draft bill amending certain acts to deregulate economic and administrative law and improve the principles of drafting economic law (Deregulation Bill). This long-awaited Deregulation Bill aims to simplify the laws regulating business in Poland. The bill applies to all entrepreneurs operating in Poland, but some

The long-awaited implementation into the Polish legal system of the European Electronic Communications Code (Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of 11 December 2018) was not completed in 2023. Due to numerous controversies and reported amendments, bills implementing the EU Directive were withdrawn from the Polish Parliament. The implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code is currently under

More than 2.5 years after the implementation deadline, Poland still had to implement the provisions of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive into the Polish law. The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage launched on 15 February a 2-week public consultation around the implementation of CDSM Directive. AmCham presented its position paper raising several key points: – Proposal

Currently, a legislative process is underway at the European Union level aimed at adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions(the Late Payment Regulation). The proposed changes aimed at combating payment delays result from the primary need to protect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in

AmCham organized a meeting to establish the most crucial tasks for the new government, addressed by foreign investors operating in Poland. The focus was on identifying business issues that should be addressed by the new government and the parliament in the upcoming term. AmCham’s primary goal is to build relationships with politicians from the Coalition

The Committee on Innovative Medical Devices at AmCham has developed a document outlining priorities to enhance access to medical technologies for patients. The medical sector looks optimistically at the role the Polish Sejm in the new parliamentary term can play in realizing these priorities over the next four years for the transformation of healthcare. Medical

In light of the public consultations conducted by the Ministry of Digitalization regarding the preliminary principles for the future implementing legislation aligning with Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated October 19, 2022, on the single digital market for digital services, and the amendment of Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act

The Ministry of Finance conducted public consultations on the proposed solutions resulting from the draft regulation of the Minister of Finance, published on November 20, 2023. This regulation concerns additional data that must be supplemented in the accounting records subject to submission under the Corporate Income Tax Act and the logical structure of the JPK_KR(2)

AmCham’s position paper on the proposed changes in pharmaceutical law

Postulates aimed at further development of the Polish economy

AmCham Position Paper on WRC- 23

Amendment to the Road Traffic Act aimed at increasing safety on the passenger transport market

AmCham position paper on the changes in the competition law

Lifting the distance limitation for onshore wind turbines to 500 meters

AmCham’s position paper on accelerating the works on the introduction of the deposit system in Poland

AmCham is working on a position paper for public consultation for the Law of the Electronic Communications draft. We invite you to provide comments on the project by January 4, 2023

AmCham letter to public sector representatives after the Energy Day Forum

AmCham position paper on Amendment of Trade Union Act

AmCham position paper on the amendment of the Sugar Tax

AmCham postulates aimed at increasing the transport potential of Polish and Ukrainian border crossings, and shortening the time of border control.

AmCham position paper regarding the plans of introducing the Windfall Tax in Poland and planned next steps

AmCham member companies’ comments on the Implementation of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market to the Polish legal system

IGCC position paper on the Amendment to the Corporate Income Tax

Labor Law | Remote Work

AmCham Position Paper on the

TVN / Discovery issue

AmCham statement to Mr. Jarosław Gowin, Deputy Prime Minister

AmCham Position Paper on the draft act amending the act on investments in wind farms and certain other acts

The new socio-economic program – ‘Polski Ład’

The common position of several International Chambers of Commerce in Poland regarding the Compensation Fund

AmCham’s position paper on remote work provisions to the Labor code

AmCham inquiry on the Polish Government’s position concerning the withdrawal of SF6 from use in electrical equipment

AmCham’s position paper on the National Reconstruction Plan

The Polish Parliament passed the FDI screening regulation

AmCham presented its position paper to assure coming back on the fast-track of developing the aviation sector in Poland

AmCham presented its position paper on the amendments to the Act on the control of certain investments

AmCham’s position paper on the VOD tax

AmCham’s focuses its advocacy work on changes to the law on control of certain investment

Need for a bigger focus on foreign investors

On Tuesday, March 31 2020, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed the Anti-Crisis Shield – a package of law that aims at limiting the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic and is valued at PLN 212 billion. President of Poland Andrzej Duda has signed the act the same day and most of the regulations have already entered into force on April 1, 2020

Anti-Crisis Shield announced to limit the negative effects of the pandemic

Special laws to help fight the effects of the coronavirus

AmCham’s position paper on the law imposing the sugar tax February 20, 2020

AmCham’s position paper on the OECD’s changes to international tax rules_November 12,2019