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General Data Protection Regulation adopted – sanctions for businesses and managers on the horizon
Today, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal ...
Read moreFor consumers and businesses – recent amendment of Polish competition law enters into force today
Recent amendment of the Polish Act on Competition and Consumer Protection and certain other acts (text: ISAP) enters into force today. This amendment is principally ...
Read moreThe notary is a business entity – the resolution of the Polish Supreme Court
As part of a proceeding before a Circuit Court, a legal issue arose which was essentially a question whether a notary is a business entity ...
Read moreUnfair term in a consumer contract for selling a car – judgement of Polish Supreme Court
In a case currently heard, the Supreme Court (case no. I CSK 125/15) referred to an appeal in cassation concerning a clause in a standard ...
Read moreResponsibility of insurance undertaking – significant judgements of Polish Supreme Court
The Polish Supreme Court has just made two significant judgments (case no. I CSK 43/15 and case no. I CSK 78/15) in cases concerning insurers’ ...
Read moreNew provisions on statutory interests due for late payment and payable on capital in legal transactions
The Act of 9 October 2015 amending the Act on payment deadlines in commercial transactions, the Civil Code and certain other acts (text in: Dziennik ...
Read moreTravellers’ protection to be improved – new EU directive enters into force
The new Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending ...
Read more2nd Ferrara Forum on European Consumer and Contract Law
In 2015, it will be 10 years since the Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices (see text in EUR-Lex) was adopted. It undoubtedly was, ...
Read moreMystery shopper to go shopping soon – recent amendment to Polish competition law
The Polish Sejm has now passed the Act of 5 August 2015 amending the Act on Competition and Consumer Protection and certain other acts (text: ...
Read moreNew public entity to protect customers in the financial sector in Poland
Today, Polish parliament’s lower house, the Sejm, passed the Act on treatment of complaints by institutions in financial sector (text in Polish: ISAP). The new ...
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