Article 5 paragraph 5 of the above act defines the following : “regulated activity – activity which requires special conditions to be met, specified by the law”
Article 64 paragraph 1 of the above act is as follows: “If a provision of a separate act of law provides that a given type of activity is a regulated activity in the sense of this act of law, the businessman may perform this activity if he meets the particular conditions specified by the provisions of this separate act of law and after obtaining an entry in the regulated activity register” excluding permit-based activities (article 75). The following articles 65 to 74 of the act on freedom of economic activity specify the regulations of placing an entry in the regulated activity register, while the scope of the particular regulated activities, types of registers and administrative bodies managing these registers are specified by the act of law of 2 July 2004 – provisions introducing the act of law on freedom of business activity.
Regulated activity
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Activity |
Act of Law |
Type of register |
Body managing the register |
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1. |
Hunting-related |
Hunting law (Journal of Laws of 2002 No 42, item 372 and No 113, item 984 and of 2004 No 92, item 880 |
Hunting register |
Voivode appropriate for the place of residence or the seat of the business |
register entry |
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2. |
Professional sports |
of 18.01.1996 on physical culture (Journal of Laws 2001 No 81 , item 889 |
Register of organizers of professional sports competitions |
President of the Polish Confederation of Sport |
Activity conducted by companies and Polish sports associations |
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3. |
Postgraduate education |
of 05.07.1996 on the nursing and midwifery professions (Journal of Laws of 2001 No 57, item 602) |
Register of entities conducting postgraduate education |
regional council of nurses and midwives appropriate for the place of education |
register entry |
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4. |
Group practice of nurses |
as above |
Register of group practices of nurses and midwives |
regional council of nurses and midwives appropriate for the place of conducting the practice |
In the form of a civil partnership – register entry or as partner of the National Co-operative Council |
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5. |
* individual practice of nurses and midwives * individual, specialized practice of nurses and midwives |
of 05.07.1996 on the nursing and midwifery professions (Journal of Laws of 2001 No 57, item 602) |
1/ register of individual practices of nurses and midwives 2/ register of individual, specialized practices of nurses and midwives |
regional council of nurses and midwives |
register entry |
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6. |
Postgraduate education of medical doctors and dentists |
Of 5.12.1996 on medical doctors and dentists (Journal of Laws of 2002 No 21 item 24 with later changes) |
Register of entities conducting postgraduate education of medical doctors and dentists |
regional medical council appropriate for the place of education |
register entry |
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7. |
Group medical practice |
as above |
Register of group medical practices |
regional medical council appropriate for the place of conducting the practices |
In the form of a civil partnership – register entry or as partner of the National Co-operative Council |
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8. |
* individual medical practice *individual specialized medical practice |
Of 5.12.1996 on medical doctors and dentists (Journal of Laws of 2002 No 21 item 24 with later changes) |
1/ register of individual medical practices 2/ register of individual, specialized medical practices |
regional medical council appropriate for the place of conducting the practices |
register entry |
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9. |
Vehicle Control Stations |
Of 20.06.1997 – Road Traffic Law (Journal of Laws of 2003 No 58, item 515 with later changes |
Register of businessmen running vehicle control stations |
Starost appropriate for the place of conducting business |
register entry |
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10. |
Driver training centres |
as above |
Register of businessmen running driver training centres |
Starost appropriate for the place of conducting business |
register entry |
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11. |
Organization of tourist events and agencies intermediating on behalf of clients in signing contracts for tourist services |
Of 29.08.1997 on tourist services (Journal of Laws of 2001 No 55, item 578, of 2003 No 124, item 1152 and No 96, item 959) |
Register of tourism organizers and tourist agents |
Voivode appropriate for the seat of the business |
register entry |
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12. |
Manufacturing, cleaning, contamination and dehydration of ethyl alcohol |
Of 02.03.2001 on manufacturing of ethyl alcohol and tobacco products (Journal of Laws No 31, item 353, of 2002 No 166 item 1362 2004 No 29, item 257 |
Register of entities dealing in manufacturing and processing of ethyl alcohol |
Minister appropriate for the matters of agricultural markets |
register entry |
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13. |
Manufacturing tobacco products |
Of 02.03.2001 on manufacturing of ethyl alcohol and tobacco products (Journal of Laws No 31, item 353, of 2002 No 166 item 1362 2004 No 29, item 257 |
Register of manufacturers of tobacco products |
Minister appropriate for the matters of agricultural markets |
register entry |
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14. |
Detective services |
Of 06.07.2001 on detective services (Journal of Laws of 2002 No 12, item 110 and No 238, item 2021, of 2003 No 124, item 1152 and of 2004 no 121, item 1265) |
Register of detective businesses |
Minister appropriate for internal affairs |
register entry |
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15. |
Currency exchange, that is sale, purchase and brokerage of currency |
Of 27.07.2002 – Currency Law (Journal of Laws No 141, item 1178 of 2003 No 228, item 2260 and of 2004 No 91, item 870 |
Register of currency exchange businesses |
President of the National Bank of Poland |
register entry |
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16. |
Manufacturing or bottling of alcohol products |
Of 13.09.2002 on alcohol products (Journal of Laws No 166, item 257) |
Register of businesses dealing in manufacturing and bottling of alcohol products |
Minister appropriate for agricultural matters |
register entry |
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17. |
Additional training services |
Of.28.10.2002 on carriage of dangerous goods by road (Journal of Laws No 199, item 1671 of 2004 No 96, item 959 and No 97 item 962) |
Register of businessmen providing additional training services |
Marshall of the Voivodeship |
register entry |
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18. |
Postal activities which do not require permissions, with the exception of receiving, transporting and delivering of unaddressed mail, - post agent on the basis of an agency agreement contracted with an operator according to the regulations of the Civil Code |
Of 12.06.2003 –postal law (Journal of Laws No 130, item 1188 and of 2000 No 69, item 627 and No 96, item 959) |
Register of postal operators |
President of the Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation |
register entry |
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19. |
Distribution of sowing material. Does not apply to manufacturers of seminal sowing material of vegetables and decorative plants and tree nursery material manufactured and sold on the territory of the same poviat if made for non-pecuniary needs of the recipient |
Of 26.06.2003 on seed production (Journal of Laws No 137, item 1299 and of 2004 No 96, item 959) |
Register of businessmen distributing sowing material |
Voivodeship inspector appropriate for the place of residence or the seat of business |
register entry |
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20. |
Manufacturing and storage of biocomponents |
Of 2.10.2003 on biocomponents used in liquid fuels and liquid biofuels (Journal of Laws No 199, item 1934) |
Register of businessmen dealing in manufacturing or storing biocomponents |
Minister appropriate for the matters of agricultural markets |
register entry |
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21. |
Processing or distribution of plant protection substances |
Of 18.12.2003 on protection of plants (Journal of Laws of 2004 No 11, item 94 and No 96, item 959) |
Register of businessmen manufacturing or processing plant protection substances |
Voivodeship inspector |
register entry |
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22. |
Manufacturing or bottling of wine products |
Of 22.01.2004 on manufacturing and bottling of wine products and trade of these products and organization of the wine market (Journal of Laws No 34, item 292) |
Register of businessmen dealing in manufacturing or bottling of wine products |
Minister appropriate for the matters of agricultural markets |
register entry |
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23. |
Psychology clinics |
Of 29.06.1997 Traffic Law (Journal of Laws of 2003 No 58, item 515) |
Register of businessmen running psychology clinics |
Voivode appropriate for the seat of the business or place of residence of the authorized psychologist |
register entry |
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24. |
Storage companies |
Of 16.11.2000 the act of law on warehouses and on the change of the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure and other acts of law (Journal of Laws No 114, item 1191) |
Storage companies register |
Minister for economic affairs – industrial goods · Minister for agricultural markets – agricultural goods |
register entry |
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25. |
Organisation of horse races |
Of 18.01.2001 on horse-racing (Journal of Laws No 11 item 86 and of 2003 No 84 item 774) |
Horse-racing organizers register |
President of the Polish Horse-racing Club |
register entry |
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26. |
Storage of personal and payment-related documentation of employers |
Of 14 June 1983 on national archival stock and archives (Journal of Laws of 2002 No 171, item 1396 with later changes) |
Register of keepers of personal and payment-related documentation |
Voivode |
Activity conducted by companies |