POLAND Trends and Developments Contributed by: Agata Szeliga, Sylwia Macura-Targosz and Aleksandra Krześniak-Sałajczyk, Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
New EU regulations and The Draft Act On 1 August 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regula - tions (EC) No. 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/ EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (AI Act) – the world’s first comprehensive legal regu - lation related to the subject of AI – came into force. In Poland, on 16 October 2024, the Draft Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems was pub - lished. The primary objective of this legislation is to align Polish regulations with the require - ments imposed by the AI Act, which mandates EU member states to establish a supervision system for artificial intelligence that complies with EU regulations. The Draft Act is at the stage of completed public consultations, and the Act should be enacted by 2 August 2025, when the provisions of the AI Act on national market regulators will start to apply. The Draft Act applies to entities that, most generally, create and implement AI systems or use them professionally in their organisations. One of the primary goals of the Draft Act is to establish a body to oversee the area of artifi - cial intelligence in Poland. According to the Draft Act, this role will be assumed by a newly established collegiate body, the Commission for the Development and Security of Artificial Intelligence. The Commission’s key activity will be to monitor the AI market and support busi - nesses in implementing the provisions of the AI Act, in particular, to ensure the safe use of arti - ficial intelligence systems. The Commission will be empowered to issue general and individual interpretations for companies and best practice recommendations on the use of artificial intelli -
appearance of alcoholic beverage packaging and the appearance and content of information placed on it. However, there are proposals that the amendment should also cover the issue of whether the sale of alcoholic beverages on the Internet is permissible. At present, the issue of the admissibility of online sales of alcoholic bev - erages is not explicitly regulated in Polish law. E-commerce The next challenge for the e-commerce industry will be the implementation of European accessi - bility standards for certain products and services considered crucial for the daily, free functioning of people with disabilities and functional limita - tions. As of 28 June 2025, the Act of 26 April 2024 on Ensuring Compliance with Accessibility Requirements for Certain Products and Services by Economic Entities will be enacted. The Act implements Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the Euro - pean Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for prod - ucts and services (European Accessibility Act). The new rules impose obligations to adapt to the needs of people with disabilities and persons with special needs – such as products and ser - vices, inter alia, as desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, e-book readers, access to audiovisual media services, retail banking, dis - semination of e-books or e-commerce services. The obligations apply to manufacturers, author - ised representatives, importers, distributors and service providers. Consumers will be entitled to complain to the economic entity about the failure to ensure accessibility requirements. In addition, economic entities that do not comply with the statutory requirements will be subject to an administrative penalty of up to ten times the average salary or up to 10% of the economic entity’s turnover for the previous year.
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