Adoption of E-Services Law

Solicitor (England & Wales), Warsaw, Poland

The law on e-services of July 18, 2002 (the ‘‘law’’) (Dz.U of 2002, No.144, item 1204) came into force on March 10, 2003 after a vacatio legis of six months. This law implements the provisions of Directive 2000/31/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 8, 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the internal market (Directive on electronic commerce). But some matters contained in the Directive on electronic commerce, for example, the manner of concluding contracts with the aid of electronic means, are to be implemented through recent amendments to the Civil Code which will come into force on September 25, 2003.