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Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 5th July 2018 on succession board of a natural person's business (Dz. U. no 1629) (Ustawa z dnia 5 lipca 2018 r. o zarządzie sukcesyjnym przedsiębiorstwem osoby fizycznej) -

Adoption: 2018-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2018-11-15 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2019-02-25 | POL-2018-L-109041

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Succession board establishment
Chapter 3. Enterprise management in inheritance until establishment of a succession board or until right expiration for succession board establishment
Chapter 4. General rules concerning execution of succession board
Chapter 5. Relations between owners of enterprise in inheritance and succession administrator
Chapter 6. Management of Enterprise inheritance
Chapter 7. Decisions, regulated activity, entries to the regulated activity register and other registers
Chapter 8. Succession board in case of death of a partner in civil law partnership
Chapter 9. Public levies in period of succession board
Chapter 10. Cancellation of succession board and other events resulting in loss of authorization to perform this function
Chapter 11. Succession board expiry
Chapter 12. Changes in legislation
Chapter 13. Transitional and final provisions.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 6th March 2018 on the Ombudsman for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (Text No 648) (Ustawa z dnia 6 marca 2018 r. o Rzeczniku Małych i Średnich Przedsiębiorców) -

Adoption: 2018-03-06 | Date of entry into force: 2018-04-30 | POL-2018-L-107934

The Act establishes of Ombudsman for small and Medium enterprises: Ombudsman is to be appointed by the Prime Minister, sets conditions to be meet by incumbent, his/her duties, prerogatives, the office limitations as well as drafts a budget plan up to 2027

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 6 March 2018 on entrepreneurs - Entrepreneurs Act (Text No 646) (Ustawa z dnia 6 marca 2018 r. - Prawo przedsiębiorców) -

Adoption: 2018-03-06 | Date of entry into force: 2018-04-30 | POL-2018-L-107935

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Undertaking, performing and termination of economic activity
Chapter 3. Matters settlement relating to economic activity
Chapter 4. Economic Activity Regulation
Chapter 5. Economic activity surveillance limitation
Chapter 6. Rules of economic-related draft law preparation and performance evaluation
Chapter 7. Final provision.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 6th March 2018 - Provisions introducing the Entrepreneurs Act and other Acts concerning economic Activity (Text No 650) (Ustawa z dnia 6 marca 2018 r. - Przepisy wprowadzające ustawę - Prawo przedsiębiorców oraz inne ustawy dotyczące działalności gospodarczej) -

Adoption: 2018-03-06 | Date of entry into force: 2018-04-30 | POL-2018-L-107936

The provisions of the Act are linked with the Entrepreneurs Act, the batch is known as Business Constitution.
Main objective is to reform rules on running an economic activity:
-new simpler definition of an economic activity
-rule what is not forbidden is allowed
-presumption of entrepreneurs honesty
-indefinite suspension of economic activity
-non registered activity
-relief at the start for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of the 6 March 2016 on Central register and central information on economic activity and Information Point for Entrepreneur (Text No 647) (Ustawa z dnia 6 marca 2018 r. o Centralnej Ewidencji i Informacji o Działalności Gospodarczej i Punkcie Informacji dla Przedsiębiorcy) -

Adoption: 2018-03-06 | Date of entry into force: 2018-04-30 | POL-2018-L-107937

Section I General provisions
Section II Central register and central information on economic activity
Section III Information Point for Entrepreneur
Section IV Final provision

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 4 November 2016 on supporting pregnant women and families "For life" (Text No. 1860). (Ustawa z dnia 4 listopada 2016 r. o wsparciu kobiet w ciazy i rodzin „Za zyciem”) -

Adoption: 2016-11-04 | Date of entry into force: 2017-01-01 | POL-2016-L-103909

The Act defines the rights of pregnant women and their families to support in the access to healthcare services and family policy instruments.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 10th June 2016 to amend the Family and Guardianship Code and some other Acts (Text No. 1177). -

Adoption: 2016-06-10 | Date of entry into force: 2016-08-20 | POL-2016-L-103894

Amendments to concern alimony benefits, family bank account, resources from benefits are exempt from enforced debt collection.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 5th August 2015 on unpaid legal assistance and legal education (Text No. 1255). (Ustawa z dnia 5 sierpnia 2015 r. o nieodplatnej pomocy prawnej oraz edukacji prawnej) -

Adoption: 2015-08-05 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | POL-2015-L-101450

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Unpaid legal assistance
Chapter 3. Legal education
Chapter 4. Task assessment in the field of unpaid legal assistance and legal education
Chapter 5. Unpaid legal assistance financing
Chapter 6. Amendments to the existing legislation
Chapter 7. Adapting and final provisions.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 30th May 2014 on Consumer' Rights (Text No. 827). (Ustawa z dnia 30 maja 2014 r. o prawach konsumenta) -

Adoption: 2014-05-30 | Date of entry into force: 2014-12-25 | POL-2014-L-98434

The Act describes consumer rights especially:
- responsibilities of entrepreneur concluding an agreement with consumer
- conditions of concluding an agreement from remote location and outside enterprise location
-conditions and right of agreement cancelation by customer
-conditions of distance agreements in financial maters
Summary:
Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Entrepreneurs obligation in agreements other than concluded outside premises or from distance
Chapter 3. Entrepreneurs obligation in agreements concluded outside premises or from distance
Chapter 4. Right of agreement cancelation
Chapter 5. Financial services agreement concluded from distance
Chapter 6. Amending provisions
Chapter 7. Final and transitional provisions.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 4th February 2011: International Private Law (Text No. 432). (Ustawa z dnia 4 lutego 2011 r. Prawo prywatne miedzynarodowe) -

Adoption: 2011-02-04 | Date of entry into force: 2011-05-16 | POL-2011-L-89520

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 1. Physical person
Chapter 1. Legal persons and other entities
Chapter 1. Representation
Chapter 1. Legal activity accomplishment and its forms
Chapter 6. Time limitations of actions and other institutions linked with time passage
Chapter 1. Commitments
Chapter 8. Arbitrage agreement
Chapter 1. Property and other rights from ownership
Chapter 10. Intellectual property
Chapter 11. Marital affairs
Chapter 12. Relations between parents and child
Chapter 13. Preparation
Chapter 14. Care and tutelage
Chapter 15. Alimonies duties
Chapter 16. Succession matters
Chapter 17. Other legal inter courses
Chapter 18. Amendments to legal acts in power
Chapter 19. Final provisions.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 25th April 2008 on employees' participation in company created as a result of cross border merger of companies (Dz. U. no 525) (Ustawa z dnia 25 kwietnia 2008 r. o uczestnictwie pracowników w spółce powstałej w wyniku transgranicznego połączenia się spółek) -

Adoption: 2008-04-25 | Date of entry into force: 2008-06-20 | POL-2008-L-109104

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Special negotiating team
Chapter 3. Standard rules of employees participation
Chapter 4. Prohibition of sensitive information disclosure
Chapter 5. Protection of employee representative
Chapter 6. Penal provisions
Chapter 7. Changes in applicable legislation
Chapter 8. Final provisions.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Regulation of 23 September 2003 of the Minister of Justice to set up Economic Courts (Text No. 1659).

Adoption: 2003-09-23 | Date of entry into force: 2003-10-01 | POL-2003-R-68869

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 28 October 2002 to amend the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act (Text No. 1662).

Adoption: 2002-10-28 | Date of entry into force: 2003-01-01 | POL-2002-L-63998

Introduces substantial amendments to, inter alia, arts. 6, 20, 50, 51, 86, 94, 97, 99, in order to adapt Polish copyright provisions to European Union legislation.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 24 August 2001 on the Code of Practice for Petty Offences. (Ustawa z dnia 24 sierpnia 2001 r. Kodeks postepowania w sprawach o wykroczenia) -

Adoption: 2001-08-24 | POL-2001-L-99666

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 15 September 2000 to introduce a Commercial Corporations Code (Text No. 1037).

Adoption: 2000-09-08 | POL-2000-L-58952

Introduces a new legal framework regulating commercial corporations. Sets out various forms of corporations and regulates corporate governance. Repeals the 27 June 1934 order of the President of the Republic, making provisions for a Commercial Code.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 26 July 2000 to amend the Civil Code (Text No. 857).

Adoption: 2000-07-26 | POL-2000-L-58944

Introduces numerous and substantial amendments to Title XVII on leasing contracts and Title XXIII on agency contracts.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 9 June 2000 to amend the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act (Text No. 637).

Adoption: 2000-06-09 | POL-2000-L-58938

Numerous substantial amendments.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act (Text No. 83).

Adoption: 1994-02-04 | Date of entry into force: 1994-05-23 | POL-1994-L-36359

Regulates all aspects of copyright and neighbouring rights and establishes a Fund for the Promotion of Creativity. Art. 12 § 1 provides that "unless otherwise provided by this act or the contract of employment, the employer, whose employee has created a work within the scope of his duties as resulting from the employment relationship, shall, upon acceptance of the work, acquire the authors' economic rights within the limits resulting from the purpose of the employment contract and the unanimous intention of the parties".

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 29 November 1990 on passports.

Adoption: 1991-11-29 | Date of entry into force: 1991-04-07 | POL-1991-L-54082

Regulates types of passports, sets rules and procedures applicable for the issuance and cancellation of passports. Inter alia, provides that a passport is an official document enabling its holder to cross borders and to travel and stay abroad, and that it attests to the Polish citizenship as well as the identity of its holder. Repeals Act of 17 June 1959 on passports.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Corporations with foreign capital Act (Text No. 325).

Adoption: 1988-12-23 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | POL-1988-L-8213

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

An Act to amend the Act to promulgate a Code of Civil Procedure.

Adoption: 1985-04-18 | POL-1985-L-1506

Numerous amendments. Inter alia, replaces Part III (Procedure in cases relating to labour and social security law) of Title VII of Book I and inserts a new Part IVa (Cases relating to the provisions governing state undertakings and the workers' self-management of state undertakings) of Title II of Book II of Part I.

Poland - Civil, commercial and family law - Law, Act

Act of 25 February 1964 to promulgate the Family and Guardianship Code (Text No. 59) (Ustawa z dnia 25 lutego 1964 r. Kodeks rodzinny i opiekunczy) -

Adoption: 1964-02-25 | Date of entry into force: 1965-01-01 | POL-1964-L-90156

TITLE I - MARRIAGE
Division I: Marriage conclusion
Division II: Rights and duties of spouses
Division III: Matrimonial property
Division IV: Termination of marriage
Division V: Separation
TITLE II - CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY
Division I: General provisions
Division IA: Parents and children
Division II: Adoption
Division III: Maintenance of child payment obligation
TITLE III - CARE AND GUARDIANSHIP
Division I: Care of minors
Division II: Care of fully incapacitated persons
Division III: Guardianship