06 Nov, 2023 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...
06 Nov, 2023 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...
13 Sep, 2023 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,...
08 Mar, 2023 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...
17 Oct, 2022 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...
06 Oct, 2022 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...
28 Sep, 2022 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...
13 Sep, 2022 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...
29 Aug, 2022 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...
11 Jul, 2022 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...
23 May, 2022 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...
02 Feb, 2022 “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...
22 Nov, 2021 “#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....
10 Nov, 2021 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...
04 Oct, 2021 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...
14 Sep, 2021 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...