On 29 May 2023, Poland imposed sanctions on 365 citizens of Belarus, as well as other individuals and entities. Polish law requires an individual decision and scope of sanctions to be determined with respect to each designated person, however the measures typically include: freezing of funds and economic resources prohibition of making funds or economic resources available prohibition of knowing and voluntary participation in activities aiming at, or resulting in, circumvention of the above measures…
Poland has introduced significant amendments to the Act of 13 April 2022 on special measures relative to counteracting the support for the aggression against Ukraine and relative to national security protection (“Polish Sanctions Regulation”). See here for our previous blog post on the Polish Sanctions Regulation. The Act of 5 August 2022 that amends the Polish Sanctions Regulation and the Act on the National Revenue Administration (“Amendment”) was published on 17 August 2022 and entered…
On 30 June 2022, Polish government issued a note outlining amendments to the Polish Act of 13 April 2022 on special measures relative to counteracting the support for the aggression against Ukraine and relative to national security protection (“Polish Sanctions Regulation”). See here for our previous blog on the Polish Sanctions Regulation. The main changes to be introduced are: a) the institution of a temporary administrator for entities targeted by Polish national sanctions (“sanctioned entities”),…
Poland introduced its own sanctions against Russia and Belarus effective 16 April 2022. These include: (i) prohibition of import and transit of coal originating from Russia and Belarus, and (ii) creation of Poland-specific list of designated parties subject to measures not covered by EU Regulations 765/2014 and 269/2014. New sanctions legislation Poland’s Act on special measures preventing support for the aggression against Ukraine and relative to national security protection was announced on 15 April 2022,…