The month of July witnessed many new legal developments in Poland.
Between January-June 2025 Poland will assume the presidency of the Council of the European Union and this task will require the laying down of new provisions that enable Poland successful handling of this challenge. Thus in July of this year a new act from 14.06.2024 on special solutions in connection with preparations and conducting of this leadership went into force. The appropriate body responsible for overseeing all measures regarding the preparation work for the running of the presidency will be the Polish ministry for Internal Affairs along with local governments. The new bill also grants special powers to police forces that will now be allowed to collect and process personal data of persons and subjects engaged in this endeavor without their prior approval and knowledge necessary to procure their tasks. The official data controller will be the Chief Constable. According to the new regulations it will be possible to conclude agreements between public bodies in Poland and EU- organs and institutions about the execution of public invitations to tenders subject to the events surrounding the Polish Presidency in the EU. As a result the applicability of many provisions of the Polish Act on public procurement law dated 11.09.2011 will be excluded with regards to these events.
