New procedural safeguards may significantly affect the way foreign businesses pursue claims involving public debate in Poland.

New provisions on the advertising of medicinal products directed at healthcare professionals are now in force. Under the adopted amendments, information on a medicinal product may also be provided electronically, using a QR code or Data Matrix code. 

In its judgment of 3 September 2026 in Case C-598/24, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that a social media post may constitute a work for the purposes of copyright law. Consequently, using another person’s posts without permission, for example for advertising purposes, entails a significant risk of infringing the copyright holder’s economic rights. 

On 12 July 2026, the Act on the Certification of Public Procurement Contractors entered into force. Certification is a voluntary mechanism intended to confirm that a contractor is not excluded from a procurement procedure or has the capacity to perform the contract properly. Certification may therefore both state that there are no grounds for exclusion and confirm compliance with the procedure entry requirements, including those relating to the contractor’s economic or financial standing and its technical or professional capacity. 

The deadline for implementing the first obligations under the National Cybersecurity System Act, the Polish legislation implementing the NIS 2 Directive, is fast approaching. Entities which qualified, as of 3 April 2026, as an essential or important entity have only until 3 October 2026 to submit an application for entry in the register of essential and important entities. 

Small payment institutions (MIPs), operating in Poland under the option provided for in Article 32 of PSD2, have become an important part of the domestic payment services market. The simplified nature of this regulatory regime enables smaller entities to enter the market without having to comply, from the outset of their operations, with all the requirements applicable to national payment institutions (KIPs).

Almost two years after the first draft was published, Poland’s long-awaited Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems entered into force on 11 August 2026. The final act concludes a lengthy legislative process which included several revisions and more than 2,000 comments submitted during public consultations. It establishes the national framework for supervising and enforcing the EU AI Act in Poland, including a new regulator, enforcement procedures, individual opinions and regulatory sandboxes. 

Unilateral amendments to subscription service terms
Recently, subscription models, specifically unilateral changes to such contracts introduced by businesses without the explicit consent of consumers, have been increasingly drawing t

Public contracts awarded in-house have been a major part of public procurement for many years. This procedure can be followed to award contracts to companies affiliated to the contracting authority without adhering to the competitive tendering procedure. In 2024, the value of the contracts of this kind below EU thresholds amounted to approximately PLN 544 m, while the value of contracts of this kind equal to or exceeding EU thresholds amounted to PLN 17.1 bn.

NeThe VAC has issued a ruling stating that the mere fact that a carrier has spoiled food in its possession does not equate to the importer having that food and placing it on the market. The ruling contradicts the position put forward by voivodship food quality inspectors.