Recent changes regarding the Polish "constitution" of business activity

This solution may have a significant impact on the scope of rights or legal actions that such persons may perform, e.g., one may not exclude the possibility that such entrepreneurs will not be entitled to appoint a registered proxy due to the fact that they are not recorded in the register of entrepreneurs. The same solution is provided in the bill of the Act on the Freedom of Business Activity which is now subject to Parliamentary debate and is intended to replace the Act on Business Activity. While the bill provides for certain new and positive solutions, it also contains certain controversial provisions that should be carefully considered. As a general rule, only one authority at a time may conduct a control over the entrepreneur's activities, where the entire duration of controls may not exceed 4 or 8 weeks (depending on the company size) in a give year. Whereas the controlling authority may extend the control, the bill does not specify the procedure for the justification of the grounds for such extension.

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