Internal audits and thorough documentary analyses are often triggered by regulatory investigations, so as to enable companies under inspection to respond to the regulator's demands.

One year has passed since the Act on Counteracting the Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in the Trade of Agricultural and Food Products entered into force.

The UOKiK's decision concerns the 2019/2020 season, which was affected by the coronavirus pandemic and had to be brought to an end prematurely.

In July, the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK) announced the initiation of a preliminary investigation and the fact that they conducted an inspection at the premises of Kärcher.

At the end of 2021, the President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (Polish: Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów, UOKiK) issued two decisions...

EU Regulation 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the EU Council regulation of December 12, 2017, on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection...

In times of rapid technological progress and an economy based on information and knowledge, two autonomous legal concepts play a significant role in shaping business environment, concepts which may

Before the implementation, there were three kinds of limitation periods for antitrust damages claims

The Office for Competition and Consumer Protection carried out dawn raids at premises of companies operating in the fitness sector.

In a much anticipated move, the Polish Competition Authority's (PCA) revised guidelines on the criteria and procedure for notifying the intention of a concentration (Guidelines) have clarified...

On 18 January 2015, significant amendments to the Polish competition law (Amendment) aimed at making merger control more efficient entered into force.

For the last year and a half the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) has been directed by a new president. Great hopes were connected with her nomination, and it seems these expectations were not in vain.

Competition Authority (UOKiK) has recently announced three decisions in which business have been fined a total of PLN 253,000 (c. €62,000) for price-fixing agreements.

The Amendment will enter into force upon the lapse of 6 months from the day of its announcement in the Journal of Laws.

Recently an increasing number of brands on the Polish market have been raising important social issues in their communication with customers through advertising. Breastfeeding in public...

At the end of December 2022, the Polish Competition Authority issued two decisions imposing fines totalling over PLN 210 million (EUR 44.8 million) on Allegro.

On July 24, 2025, amendments to Poland's investment control regime entered into force. Notably, the temporary foreign direct investment (FDI) provisions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have now become permanent.

This is made easier when they can view the bigger picture across Europe.

A year has passed since major amendments to Polish Competition Law came into force on 18 January 2015 ("the Amendment").

In recent years, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (‘UOKiK') has increased its efforts to control and regulate influencer marketing in Poland.