The U.S. has recently made public that a number of countries have joined a pledge to implement export controls on spyware technology. This is part of a broader initiative to establish trade barriers for cyber-related items that could potentially be used in human rights abuses. On March 18, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Poland, and South Korea became part of the commitment, joining the U.S., Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,…
Poland is an EU member state that follows a dual sanctions regime. This member state enforces EU sanctions, in addition to enforcing national sanctions that go beyond them. Businesses holding the status of an “obliged entity” under Polish AML legislation must take into account a new list of financial sanctions released on 26 September 2023. Universally applicable sanctions With respect to sanctions that must be complied with by all persons subject to the Polish jurisdiction,…
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…