Payment Terms Legislation In Poland

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Poland

Please scroll down for a summary of payment terms in Poland and the various industries across which payment term legislation appears.

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Industries Laws Codes Notes Interest Rate
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Laws

The Act on Counteracting Excessive Delays in Commercial Transactions enacts the EU Late Payment Directive (see European Union for details). Additionally for payments from large companies to micro, small or medium sized companies a strict maximum term of 60 days applies and the creditor is due interest after 30 days.

Act of November 17, 2021 on counteracting the unfair use of contractual advantage in trading in agricultural and food products enacts the EU UTP Directive (See European Union for details). The terms apply from the day of delivery and are applied differently for regular and non-regular deliveries.

Interest Rate

There are a number of different commercial and civil statutory interest rates in Poland. For the late payment of commercial transactions, article 4 of The Act on Counteracting Excessive Delays in Commercial Transactions, specifies the default interest rate as the reference rate of the National Bank of Poland plus 10%. For government medical entities this rate is the National Bank of Poland reference rate plus 8%. These rates are set and published semi-annually but the Minister of Development and Technology.

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