On Friday, July 24, 2026, Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed five legislative acts, including new animal welfare and AI laws, while referring a disputed windfall tax to the Constitutional Tribunal. <\/p>\n
The first regulation signed by the president is the amendment to the Animal Protection Act, commonly referred to as the “chain law.” This decision concludes months of legislative work after the previous draft was vetoed by the head of state at the end of 2025, forcing the government to create more realistic regulations that account for the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n
An absolute ban has been introduced on permanently keeping dogs and cats on tethers, chains, or ropes, allowing only temporary tethering in strictly defined situations. While keeping dogs in pens is permitted, it requires providing adequate space and daily exercise, with a 12-month transitional period for owners and farms to adapt.<\/p>\n
Another key document is the Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems, which establishes the national legal framework required to enforce the European Union’s AI Act.<\/p>\n
The newly established supervisory body, the Commission for AI Development and Security (KRiBSI), comprises representatives from UOKiK, KNF, KRRiT, and UKE. The commission will conduct inspections, review citizen complaints, and impose financial penalties for illegal AI usage such as deepfakes or identity theft, while businesses gain access to regulatory sandboxes to safely test innovations.<\/p>\n
The most significant economic decision involved refusing to directly sign the act on the tax on extraordinary profits from the sale of liquid fuels, sending it instead to the Constitutional Tribunal under preventive control procedures.<\/p>\n
The law would have imposed a 60 percent tax on profits estimated from March to December 2026, but the president argued it violated the lex retro non agit principle by taxing retroactively and risked causing a domino effect of inflation on fuel, food, and transport prices.<\/p>\n
The third accepted legislative act is the amendment to the Act on Tourism Packages and Linked Travel Services.<\/p>\n
The regulation digitalizes and tightens the rules for issuing and settling tourism vouchers and financial security instruments in the event of travel agency insolvency, simplifying refund procedures and reducing reporting burdens for smaller market participants.<\/p>\n
Karol Nawrocki also signed an amendment to the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction.<\/p>\n
The amendment updates and expands the official list of prohibited substances to include new synthetic psychoactive compounds, known as new-generation designer drugs, providing police, border guards, and prosecutors with direct legal grounds to prosecute and immediately confiscate these chemical preparations.<\/p>\n
The final signed document is the amendment to the Act on the National Oncology Network.<\/p>\n
The amendment adjusts the implementation schedule for structural requirements for hospitals in the oncology network and optimizes patient data flow systems, ensuring that medical facilities do not lose public funding during the transition period and that cancer treatment continuity is not disrupted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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