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1.NationalLaw.AmongthemostimportantPolishActsregu-
latingcommerciallawthefollowingmaybeenumerated:
•CivilCode1964
•CodeofCommercialCompanies2000
•ActonFreedomofEconomicActivity2004
•ActonNationalCourtRegister1997
•BankruptcyandArrangementLaw2003
•BillsofExchangeandchequeLaw1936
•ActonStateEnterprises1981
•ActonCommercializationandPrivatization1996
•ActforthePreventionofUnfairCompetition1993
•IntellectualPropertyLaw2001
•CarriageLaw1984andotherbranchacts.
2.InternationalLaw.Themostimportantsourceofinter-
nationallawisnaturallyEULaw:RomeTreaty1957,Amsterdam
Treaty1993,DecreesandDirectives,InternationalConventions
andTreaties.InparticulartheDirectivesformingtheso-called(Eu-
ropeanCompanyLaw’shouldbeindicated.Apartfromthisthere
aremanyinternationalconventionsandtreatiessignedbyPoland.
EspeciallyworthmentioningistheViennaConventionfrom1980
onContractsfortheInternationalSaleofGoods.
3.ContractualLaw(Art.384et.seq.oftheCivilCode
[CC])Withsomeexceptionsacontractmaybeconcludedeven
orally.Somespecialforms(i.e.writtenform,notarialdeedform)
aresometimesprescribedbylaw.Thesanctionfornotcomply-
ingwiththeprescribedformmaybeinvalidity(i.e.theformmust
beusedonpainofnullity-adsolemnitatem)and/orevidentiary
restrictionsontheuseoftestimonyofwitnessesandparties(the
writtenformforevidentiarypurposes-adprobationem).Thelat-
terinstancedoesnotapplytobusiness-to-business(B2B)contracts
because,accordingtotheCivilCode,theprovisionsonthewritten
formforevidentiarypurposesdonotapplytojuridicalactsinrela-
tionsbetweenentrepreneurs.
Despitethegeneralruleofthefreedomofformandtherestric-
tionsconnectedwiththeapplicationoftheprovisionsofthewritten
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