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…
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…
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…
On 23 August 2013, an amendment to the Labour Code was brought into force concerning working time. According to its provisions, in any working time mode, the standard settlement period may be extended up to 12 months if certain conditions…
On 8 March 2013, a new act was adopted on payment terms in commercial transactions (Official Journal of Laws from 2013, item 403), which constitutes implementation of the directive of the European Parliament and the European Council 2011/7/UE dated 16…