Klaudia Nowak

On 21 May 2025, the Sejm adopted an amendment to the Development Act, which aims to increase transparency in the real estate market and better protect buyers of dwellings and houses. The new regulations introduce, among others, an obligation of open publication of the prices of premises on developers’ websites, which should prevent unfair practices and facilitate comparing of offers. The amendment introduces new obligations for developers, in particular the requirement to disclose real estate prices. This will translate into new administrative and organisational challenges for companies operating in the development industry. Foreign entities planning to enter the Polish market will have to adapt their current practice to Polish regulations, which may have a direct impact on their existing business strategies.

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was implemented by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste. Its aim is to strengthen waste prevention, reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery. It provides for the introduction of rules imposing extended producer responsibility on all product manufacturers1 by Member States. This means that producers bear financial and organisational responsibility for the waste generated by their products. 

The deposit system is a revolution that will directly affect millions of consumers in Poland, creating one of the largest and most coordinated environmental operations in the country’s history. Single-use beverage containers will be included in the system

Perpetual usufruct is title to use state-owned or local-government-owned real estate. The owner grants perpetual usufruct of the property for a period that is usually 99 years, for an annual fee. The annual fee for perpetual usufruct is laid down in law, and is between 0.3 – 3% of the price of the real estate, depending on the purpose for which perpetual usufruct is granted.