The amendment to the Act on Competition and Consumer
Protection, widening the powers of the Polish Competition Authority
in consumer matters, as well as introducing a change in the model
of control of template agreements with consumers, has been adopted
by Parliament and signed by the President. The Amendment will enter
into force upon the lapse of 6 months from the day of its
announcement in the Journal of Laws.
Parliament has adopted amendments to the Act of February 16 2007
on Competition and Consumer Protection ("the
Act") aimed at increasing the effectiveness
of the actions of the President of the Office of Competition and
Consumer Protection ("the OCCP") with
regard to counteracting so-called 'misselling' practices,
i.e. the sales of financial products which do not match the
consumer's needs. The new provisions also introduce the
possibility for the OCCP to undertake 'soft' actions
against traders, thus giving the traders the opportunity to stop
infringing the
