On 1 July 2014, an amendment to the Act on Land Registration and Mortgage entered into force. Since then, excerpts from and copies of entries in the Land and Mortgage Register may be obtained via the Electronic Land and Mortgage…
On 24 June 2014, the Law on Consumer Rights was enacted. The Act will come into force only after 6 months have passed since then, i.e. on 25 December 2014. Nevertheless, even before that happens, it is worth considering the…
Legislative work on the Act on Renewable Sources of Energy has been recently significantly accelerated. This month, the legal committee has finished its work, and the draft may be processed at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. The draft…
Directors of Tax Chambers, while issuing, under the Tax Ordinance and on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, individual tax interpretation statements, have changed their position concerning the system of classification of creators’ and art performers’ incomes generated within the…
Competitions and contestsare a very popular means of marketing actions. Thanks to the Internet, and in particular to social services, that is an easy and cheap way of reaching a large number of prospective clients. Contest or competition participants do…
The Sejm-adopted amendment of the Act on Value Added Tax, which is to enter into force on 1 April 2014, changes the principles of VAT deductions from the purchase of cars with an allowable total weight of up to 3.5…
It is worth noting what ruling was some time ago awarded by the District Court in Warsaw with regards to the case of the docket number: I C 407/12. In the justification to the decision, the Court held a position…
Following the amendment of the Act on Value Added Tax, new invoicing terms entered into force as of 1 January 2014. In principle, an invoice is issued no later than on the fifteenth day of the month following the month…
In Poland entrepreneurs have a lot obligations imposed by the provisions of law. A great number of them are justifiable, for instance those concerning security in business transactions. Some, however, constitute an unnecessary burden, which entrepreneurs have to bear into…
The European Commission has prepared draft amendments concerning the Council’s directive No. 2008/95/WE, aiming at approximation of the EU member states’ legislations on trademarks as well as the regulations of the Council of the European Community No. 207/2009 on community…