Industrial designs in motion: Video and 3D as new forms of presentation
Starting from 1 July 2026, it is possible to seek protection of industrial designs that are not reduced solely to a static drawing or photo. This is an effect of entry into force of the new Regulation (EU) 2026/715 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2026 on European Union designs.
Reporting of suspicious transactions under new rules
One of the fundamental duties of obliged entities under anti–money laundering regulations is to report suspicious transactions to the authorities. The current AML Act in Poland provides for three separate procedures in this regard, with differing grounds, addressees of notifications, and legal consequences for the obliged entity and for the transactions or assets. This multi-track model will change radically from 10 July 2027, when the EU’s AMLR begins to apply. In this article we examine selected changes step by step.
Reporting of suspicious transactions: Who, how and when
The EU’s Anti–Money Laundering Regulation changes the rules for reporting of suspicious transactions. In place of the three reporting channels now familiar to Polish obliged entities, with varying reporting deadlines, the AMLR introduces a single, unified track for reporting suspicions, with a duty to act promptly. The AMLR also requires obliged entities to refrain from carrying out reported transactions. Meanwhile, the AMLA, a new EU-level authority, is working to develop standard reporting forms, which should make it easier for obliged entities to perform their tasks.
Customer needs analysis under the KNF insurance distribution recommendations
One of the areas touched on in the new insurance distribution recommendations issued by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) is the analysis of customers’ demands and needs, regulated in the Insurance Distribution Act of 15 December 2017. This requirement is vaguely phrased in the act, leading to numerous irregularities in the process of identifying insurance customers’ demands and needs, and consequently the proposal of insurance products to customers not suited to their actual insurance needs.
The FSR in practice: The European Commission suspects Temu of obstructing an investigation
The Commission has presented its concerns to Temu regarding its failure to cooperate in an unannounced inspection of foreign subsidies at the company’s subsidiary in Dublin in December 2025.
Court of Justice: EU law is not a bar to the assignment of claims for compensation under a motor vehicle civil liability insurance policy
On 25 June 2026 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment of great importance for the Polish motor vehicle insurance sector. The ruling in C-277/25, Helpfind Funding, responded to a request for a preliminary ruling from the Gdynia District Court.
Court of Justice ruling in Betaal Garant: The limits of the concept of payment services
In its judgment of 16 July 2026 in C‑51/25, Betaal Garant, the Court of Justice of the European Union considered the meaning of the term “payment service” under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The interpretation adopted by the court tends to limit the scope of services regarded as regulated payment services. But whether the ruling made in reference to a specific service can be treated as a general principle remains an open question.
No fixed threshold for abnormally low prices in tenders
What is an abnormally low price, and what is just a good bargain? In public procurements, this will be decided not by the market, but by the contracting authority. No price will automatically be deemed to constitute “dumping,” even if it is more than 30% below the other tenders and the contracting authority’s budget. But everyone will pay the price for “cheap” public contracts.
The project is over, and then what? Post-completion duties of beneficiaries in cofinanced ventures
For many businesses, completion of a project and payout of the funding mark the symbolic end of the cofinancing process. But in practice completion of the project does not mean an end to the relationship with the financing institution. Some obligations continue after completion of the project, over the entire durability period and also after the end of the durability period. The significance of these obligations is most often revealed during an inspection or audit, a reorganisation of the enterprise, or an M&A transaction, when it turns out the project, although formally completed, must still comply with the contract.
Women on Boards: New obligations for listed companies
On 30 July 2026 the President of Poland signed the act introducing the Women on Boards Directive into the Polish legal system. This came after months of prolonged legislative work and nearly a year and a half past the deadline set by the EU—ultimately under pressure of proceedings before the Court of Justice threatening Poland with financial sanctions. The original proposal for implementation of the directive was published in September 2024, as we discussed in the article “Time for change at large listed companies: The Women on Boards Directive.”
A single law, not 27 versions: Why the change in form of the new EU regulation on public procurement is so important
The news is not yet official. The proposal for an EU regulation on public contracts and concessions (replacing three procurement directives from 2014) leaked on social media in July 2026, but formal publication of the proposal is not expected until September. Until then, the contents are supposed to be confidential. Nonetheless, it has been discussed among procurement specialists for weeks. If the decision holds to reframe European public procurement law as an EU regulation rather than a set of directives, it will be the most sweeping change in the legal architecture of this area in decades. That issue is no longer a secret.
KNF recommendations and foreign insurers
Must foreign insurance companies operating in Poland under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment comply with the Polish regulator’s new standards for insurance distribution?
