11/6/2023 5:28:03 PM First Ruling of the General Court on the Digital Services Act (DSA) By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Karolina Pajączek On virtue of DSA providers of very large online platforms (VLOP) must make available a repository containing advertisements presented on...
11/6/2023 5:24:18 PM How Digital Services Act Changes the Rules Applicable to Online Advertising By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Karolina Pajączek Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and...
9/13/2023 12:58:48 PM Energy Drinks Not for Persons Under the Age of 18 By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Ewelina Woike-Reguła Poland introduces from January 1, 2024 a ban on the sale of energy drinks to persons under the age of 18. It is not a big surprise,...
3/8/2023 6:18:03 PM Controls of the E-commerce Industry in Poland By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska On 1st January 2023, a number of regulations implementing Directive 2019/2161 - Omnibus - came into force in Poland. Many laws were...
10/17/2022 3:38:09 PM Polish Authority Introduces a New Tool for Tagging Ads in AR By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska A new AR filter for Instagram and facebook has just been introduced by the President of Polish Office of Competition and Consumer...
10/6/2022 1:28:47 PM Guidelines From the Regulatory Authority in Poland - New Advertising Standards in the Influencer Marketing Industry? (Part II) By Aleksandra Krześniak-Sałajczyk In the first part of the article[1] on the recommendations of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection...
9/28/2022 3:03:27 PM Guidelines From the Regulatory Authority in Poland - New Advertising Standards in the Influencer Marketing Industry? (Part I) By Aleksandra Krześniak-Sałajczyk On September 26, 2022. The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the "President of the OCCP") has published...
9/13/2022 2:28:12 PM New Rules for Advertising of Medicines and Medical Devices in Poland From 1 January 2023 By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska From 1 January 2023, the rules for advertising medicines, medical products and services will change dramatically in Poland. Among other...
8/29/2022 2:37:53 PM New Liability Rules for Online Content-Sharing Service Providers By Aleksandra Krześniak-Sałajczyk Implementation of the provisions of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market[1] ("DSM Directive") into national legal...
7/11/2022 11:10:10 AM Financial Penalties Upon Influencers for Lack of Cooperation With the Polish Authority By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska Recently, Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (“OCCP”) has imposed financial penalties on influencers against whom it...
5/23/2022 5:12:35 PM Polish Authorities Check Regulations of Shopping Portals and Platforms By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska A few days ago, the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection imposed a fine of over EUR 1.1 million on one of the largest...
2/2/2022 12:58:41 PM “Controversial” Advertising - An Invitation to Start a Discussion or Violation of Good Manners? By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska Recently an increasing number of brands on the Polish market have been raising important social issues in their communication with...
11/22/2021 3:58:38 PM “#ad” Is Not Enough - Influencers Under Scrutiny By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska There is no doubt that sponsored content on blogs, Instagram or Facebook constitutes advertising or - in some cases - hidden advertising....
11/10/2021 3:26:51 PM Major Changes in the Media Services Market: Liability of Video-Sharing Platform Providers Under the New Rules By Aleksandra Krześniak-Sałajczyk On 1 November 2021, an amendment to the provisions of the Broadcasting Act[1] ("Act") entered into force in Poland. The new regulations...
10/4/2021 3:08:44 PM Christmas Shopping Rush – Credits and Loans Advertising in Poland By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska Christmas is one of the few occasions during the year when consumers make an unusually large number of higher-than-normal purchases. Many...
9/14/2021 3:13:10 PM Black Friday is Coming - Legislative Amendments in Poland By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Marta Kowalczuk-Kedzierska There have been discussions for some time about changes in consumer law in Poland. The amendments are aimed to counteract false...