Simplified restructuring proceedings will be available until30 June 2021. The legislature’s intent was to enable debtors to undertake negotiations with their creditors without the need for the courts to formally open proceedings, while simultaneously protecting them from enforcement by their creditors.

Practical guidelines developed on the basis of the provisions of the Act on special arrangements for the prevention, countering and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them (the “Anti-Crisis Shield”), which entered into force on 31 March 2020, the Act on special support instruments in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the “Shield 1.1”), which entered into force on 18 April 2020, the Act amending certain laws concerning protection measures in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the “Shield 3.0”), which entered into force on 16 May 2020, and the Act on interest subsidies for bank loans granted to entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 and on simplified proceedings for the approval of an arrangement in connection with COVID-19 (the “Shield 4.0”), which entered into force on 24 June 2020.

Practical tips taking into account the solutions presented in the Act on specific solutions related to the prevention, prevention and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them (Anti-Crisis Shield), which entered into force on March 31, 2020, the Act on specific support instruments regarding the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which entered into force on April 18, 2020, the Act on amendments to certain laws concerning protection measures in connection with the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, which entered into force on May 16, 2020, and the Act on interest subsidies for bank loans granted to entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 and on simplified proceedings for the approval of an arrangement in connection with COVID-19, which entered into force on June 24, 2020.

The authors address the issue of implementing new technologies in various fields of broadly understood health care. Dr Jarosław Kola is the author of the chapter on public procurement for innovative medical technologies.

Summary of the most important provisions of the Shield 4.0 in the field of tax law.

Poland adopted a new law on foreign direct investment controls as part of the so-called “Anti-Crisis Shield 4.0”. The law expands the State’s control over M&A transactions in some strategic sectors of the economy.

Am 1. Januar 2020 sind Gesetzesänderungen zur Einführung von Aktionärregister für nicht börsennotierte Aktiengesellschaften und Kommanditgesellschaften auf Aktien teilweise in Kraft getreten. Das Aktionärregister ist ein der polnischen Rechtsordnung bisher unbekanntes Rechtsinstitut, mit dem Aktien der vorgenannten Gesellschaften verpflichtend entmaterialisiert werden. Das Ziel ist, den Handel mit Aktien nicht börsennotierter Gesellschaften sicherer zu machen und die Identifizierung aller Aktionäre zu ermöglichen.

Anna Wyrzykowska has authored the chapter on Polish regulations regarding the real estate market in „The Real Estate Guide Poland”, prepared by MultiLaw International.