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The Implementation of the Services Directive in Poland

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The EU Services Directive (SD) is a centrepiece for the realisation of the Internal Market in the services sector aiming at considerably lowering the barriers for service provision in the EU. This chapter therefore analyses the transposition and implementation of the requirements of the SD into the national (administrative) law system of Poland. The chapter treats all relevant requirements of the SD, such as the Point of Single Contact (POSC), the screening of national law according to the requirements of the SD, the adaption of authorisation schemes for service provision, the requirement of ‘tacit authorisation’, and the need for new rules on administrative cooperation. Finally an assessment of the impact of the SD on the national (administrative) law system is provided.

The author Piotr Stec is Professor of Civil and Comparative Law, University of Opole (pstec@uni.opole.pl). The author Przemysław Malinowski is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Opole (wpia@uni.opole.pl).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Official Gazette [Dziennik Ustaw RP] 2010, No. 47, item 278. All relevant laws are available online at http://isip.sejm.gov.pl (Polish versions only). The draft with explanation of motives is available at http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/proc6.nsf/opisy/2590.htm and at http://bip.mg.gov.pl/Projektowane+akty+normatywne/Dzialalnosc+gospodarcza. mg.gov.pl/Projektowane+akty+normatywne/Dzialalnosc+gospodarcza, visited 20 July 2010.

  2. 2.

    For a general overview of the Act see Adamska (2010), p. 85 et seq.

  3. 3.

    Unofficial English translation available at http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm, visited 30 April 2010.

  4. 4.

    Official Gazette 2007, No. 155, item 1095 (consolidated text) as amended.

  5. 5.

    Available at http://bip.mg.gov.pl/Projektowane+akty+normatywne/Dzialalnosc+gospodarcza, visited 20 July 2010.

  6. 6.

    All reports available at http://bip.mg.gov.pl/Projektowane+akty+normatywne/Dzialalnosc+gospodarcza, visited 20 July 2010.

  7. 7.

    http://www.pkpplewiatan.pl/opinie/prawo/3/opinia_do_projektu_ustawy_o_347wiadczeniu_us322ug_na_Terytorium_rp, visited 10 July 2010.

  8. 8.

    Available at http://www.gazetaautorow.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5226&Itemid=35, visited 1 July 2010.

  9. 9.

    The government website summarising the program can be found at http://www.mg.gov.pl/Reforma+Regulacji, visited 8 July 2010.

  10. 10.

    See supra , footnote 7. NGOs published an account on possible impact of the Services Directive on Polish NGO sector prepared by Blicharz (2010).

  11. 11.

    Available at http://www.mg.gov.pl/Prawo/Projekty+aktow+prawnych/Dzialalnosc+gospodarcza/ visited 30 April 2010.

  12. 12.

    The principles of equality and of freedom of economic activity are somehow limited in respect of certain foreign entrepreneurs coming from outside of European Economic Area. Such entrepreneurs may only undertake and provide economic activity in form of a limited partnership (spółka komandytowa), limited joint stock partnership (spółka komandytowo—akcyjna), limited liability company (spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością) or joint—stock company (spółka akcyjna). Cf. Pazdan (2009), p. 102.

  13. 13.

    The Services Act 2010 amends ca. 25 statutes.

  14. 14.

    Cf. Adamska (2010), p. 90.

  15. 15.

    Ministry of Economy as leading ministry and Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Ministry of Sport and Tourism, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, Office for Competition and Consumer Protection.

  16. 16.

    The report is available at http://polskawue.gov.pl/files/Dokumenty/Norweski%20Mechanizm%20Finansowy/ekspertyza_2008_07_UKiE_ekspertyza_20080626.pdf, visited 30 April 2010.

  17. 17.

    Official Gazette 2007, No. 155, item 1095 as amended.

  18. 18.

    http://www.eu-go.gov.pl/, visited 20 July 2010.

  19. 19.

    Official Gazette 2001, No. 130, item 1450 as amended.

  20. 20.

    Cf. Powałowski et al (2009), p. 168.

  21. 21.

    Cf. Biernat (1994), passim; Zacharko (2000), passim .

  22. 22.

    Official Gazette 1997, No. 78, item 483.

  23. 23.

    Official Gazette 2005, No 145, item 1221 (consolidated text) as amended.

  24. 24.

    Official Gazette 2007, No 70, item 115 (consolidated text) as amended.

  25. 25.

    Official Gazette 2005, No 228, item 1947 as amended.

  26. 26.

    Official Gazette 2010, No 48, item 284 (consolidated text) as amended.

  27. 27.

    Official Gazette 2009, No 21, item 1540.

  28. 28.

    Official Gazette 2003, No 106, item 1002 as amended.

  29. 29.

    Official Gazette 2006, No 123, item 858 as amended.

  30. 30.

    Official Gazette 2006, No 144, item 1045 as amended.

  31. 31.

    See further Kosikowski (2007), p. 250.

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Stec, P., Malinowski, P. (2012). The Implementation of the Services Directive in Poland. In: Stelkens, U., Weiß, W., Mirschberger, M. (eds) The Implementation of the EU Services Directive. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-840-8_20

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