+48 22 400 76 60 info@ppcc.pl

Staff changes at the PPCC team starting from 1 April 2019

After 6 years with us at the Chamber, our Operations Manager Miss Weronika Gwiazda has moved to face new professional challenges. We wish Weronika a lot of success in her professional career and we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to Miss Gwiazda for her excellent work and important contribution to the PPCC development.
At the same time, we are pleased to welcome a new member of staff to our team, Ms Katarzyna Chmielewska, who has just joined us as our new Operations Manager. Katarzyna holds a Master degree in political science and marketing and has an extensive experience in banking and administration. Katarzyna will focus her work on organization of all PPCC events for our Members and stakeholders, incoming and outgoing trade missions, communication with media, and acquisition of new foreign and Portuguese corporate members. If you have any ideas to suggest to Kasia, please contact her directly at kc@ppcc.pl.

Doing a business in Poland 2019

To download the Advicero information brochure, click on the link below:

2019_Doing business in POLAND_Advicero_Nexia

PPCC Business Mission to Lisbon | 13-17 May 2019

We have the pleasure to announce the PPCC Business Mission to Lisbon  which will take place on 13-17 May 2019.

The PPCC Business Mission to Lisbon is the perfect occasion to personally assess business opportunities in Portugal and find potential business partners in the market.

We are organising this business mission with the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) – well connected and pro-active private business association, supporting the companies since 1834, promoting both national and international development of its members, as well serving as the link between SMEs and large companies.

The business mission will have a strong B2B focus, with individual meetings with potential Portuguese business partners at their offices, according to each Polish company’s expectations, and will include pragmatic seminar about Portuguese and Portuguese-speaking markets.  We believe a strong awareness of the market’s reality is of the utmost importance for sustainable success.

Enclosed, we are sending the detailed offer. If you are interested in taking part in this Business Mission, please fill in the form below (filling in the form does not oblige you to take part in the mission):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1niRm1vPRCbOad8LqEx6411bs1liGIttKVrAiUuGyk9o/edit

We encourage you to get to know the Portuguese market and establish direct commercial contacts.

The registration is open until 15th March 2019.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact directly Mr. Wojciech Baczyński, General Director of the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce: wb@ppcc.pl,  +48 696 760 925.

Download the offer in English or Polish.

 

PPCC Business Mission to São Paulo

We have the pleasure to announce the PPCC Business Mission to São Paulo which will take place on the 7-12 April 2019.

The PPCC Business Mission to São Paulo is the perfect occasion to personally assess business opportunities in Brazil and find potential business partners in the market. This is the fifth time we are organising a business mission to São Paulo.

We are organising this business mission with the FecomercioSP – the largest and very well-connected trade and service federation of São Paulo state.

The business mission will have a strong B2B focus, with individual meetings with potential Brazilian business partners at their offices, according to each Polish company’s expectations, and will include pragmatic seminar about Brazilian tax laws, certification and procedures. We believe a strong awareness of the market’s reality is of the utmost importance for sustainable success.

Here you can find the detailed offer. If you are interested in taking part in this Business Mission, please fill in the form below (filling in the form does not oblige you to take part in the mission):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/105K8dr0QVaKhYpuH2bG3dUyTH2K_NDk2ITxfDIGhx7k/viewform?edit_requested=true

We encourage you to get to know the Brazilian market and establish direct commercial contacts.

The registration is open until 15th February 2019.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact directly Mr. Wojciech Baczyński, General Director of the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce: wb@ppcc.pl, +48 696 760 925.

One-to-One: Polonia

We would like to invite you for two events organised by the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) and the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (PPCC), which will both take place in Lisbon in January 2019.

Wojciech Baczyński, PPCC General Director will represent our Chamber during the One-to-One: Polonia. The aim of the event is to guarantee 1-hour focused meetings for Portuguese companies that search for support in their internationalization to Poland and could benefit from PPCC’s instruments of support. The event will take place on 23 January 2019, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Headquarters of CCIP in Lisbon, Rua das Portas de Santo Antao, 89. If you would like to participate in the meeting, please register through the following link:

https://www.ccip.pt/pt/o-que-fazemos/eventos/proximos-eventos/agenda/544-one-to-one-polonia/event_details

 

 

PPCC Business Mission to Maputo, Mozambique

Polsko-Portugalska Izba Gospodarcza (PPCC) we współpracy z Krajową Izbą Gospodarczą (KIG) ma przyjemność ogłosić Misję Gospodarczą do Mozambiku organizowaną w dn. 3-7 marca 2019 r.

Misja gospodarcza do Mozambiku jest doskonałą okazją do poznania nowych możliwości biznesowych w Mozambiku i znalezienia potencjalnych partnerów handlowych na rynku mozambickim. Najważniejszymi i najbardziej obiecującymi sektorami w kraju są: przemysł wydobywczy, energetyczny, maszynowy, przetwórczy i informatyczny, rolnictwo, rybołówstwo, inwestycje w turystykę i infrastrukturę.

Misja gospodarcza będzie skoncentrowana na spotkaniach B2B, z indywidualnymi sesjami z potencjalnymi partnerami biznesowymi, zgodnymi z profilem każdej firmy. Podczas misji odbędzie się także seminarium na temat lokalnych przepisów podatkowych, certyfikacji i procedur. Wierzymy, że dogłębne zrozumienie realiów panujących na rynku ma kluczowe znaczenie wobec chęci nawiązania współpracy biznesowej.

Szczegółowa oferta znajduje się w załączniku. Jeśli byliby Państwo zainteresowani udziałem, prosimy o uzupełnienie formularza (co nie jest równoznaczne z wzięciem udziału w misji).

Zachęcamy do poznania rynku mozambickiego i nawiązania interesujących kontaktów biznesowych!

W przypadku pytań lub wątpliwości prosimy o bezpośredni kontakt z Weroniką Gwiazda z Polsko-Portugalskiej Izby Gospodarczej: weronika@ppcc.pl, +48 539 728 680.

RFF & Associados realiza a Conferência O.E. para 2019

A RFF & Associados vai realizar a “Conferência O.E. para 2019”, no próximo dia 24 de Outubro de 2018, quarta-feira, entre as 08h30 e as 13h00, no Centro Cultura de Belém (Sala Sophia de Mello Breyner).

A Conferência conta com a presença do sócio fundador e Antigo Secretário de Estado dos Assuntos Fiscais, Dr. Rogério M. Fernandes Ferreira, e com todos os advogados desta sociedade, incluindo consultores.

Contará também, em especial, com a presença e comentário do convidado Prof. Doutor Fernando Rocha de Andrade, Deputado, Professor na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra e Antigo Secretário de Estado dos Assuntos Fiscais, e terá como moderador Vítor Costa, Director-adjunto de Economia na Lusa.

A entrada é livre, estando apenas sujeita a inscrição prévia aqui, ou através do email confirmacoes@rffadvogados.pt.

Conferência O.E. 2019 – Propostas Fiscais – CC

Business Breakfast: Employee Equity Plans or Employee Pension Schemes – what is going to turn out more advantageous for employers?

 

Employee Equity Plans or Employee Pension Schemes –

what is going to turn out more advantageous for employers?

 

BUSINESS BREAKFAST

25th September 2018, 9:00 a.m.

CRIDO Office

5A Grzybowska Street, 5th floor, Warsaw

 

In the last week of August, the Council of Ministers adopted draft of the act on Employee Equity Plans. The new regulations provide for the introduction of a compulsory savings system co-financed by employers, which will cover a vast majority of professionally active Poles. The bill assumes that the major employers will be subject to the Employee Equity Plan starting from 1 July 2019.

In connection with the above we would like to invite you to a business breakfast at which we will compare the Employee Equity Plan with the currently applicable Employee Pension Schemes in legal, tax and business terms. Together with our experts we will consider the advantages and disadvantages of those two systems and will try to answer the question which of them may be more advantageous from the point of view of the employer.

The following issues will be discussed at the meeting:

  • How the situation of companies is going to change after the introduction of the Employee Equity Plan? We will present also the obligations and costs which will affect employers and employees in such scope. We are also going to present threats resulting from a failure to comply with the new law – the projected regulations provide for sanctions in the form of high fines and even penalties involving deprivation of liberty.
  • Having the Employee Pension Scheme in place releases employers from the obligation to implement the Employee Equity Plan in the company. Are Employee Pension Schemes an alternative to the Employee Equity Plan? Which system of pension savings should be chosen? Will it be possible to structure the Employee Pension Scheme in such a way that it is more financially advantageous for the employer than the Employee Equity Plan?
  • What does the implementation of the Employee Pension Scheme and the Employee Equity Plan look like?

We hope that the discussed issues will help you choose the form of pension security which is appropriate for your company and employees.

 
Our speakers

 
Mateusz Baran
Partner, legal advisor, CRIDO LEGALLegal advisor and partner responsible for corporate law. He has been working for the law firm since its very inception, and prior to that he worked for Crido, where he started off as a trainee. As a Partner Mateusz is in charge of a team of several legal professionals providing corporate law advice.  In 2018 Mateusz was distinguished as a recommended lawyer in several categories by  the international ranking of law firms The Legal 500.		 Łukasz Bączyk
Senior Manager, tax advisor, CRIDOSenior Manager in the Tax Advisory Department at Crido. For over a dozen years, he specializes in tax services for individuals from the HNWI (High-net-worth individual) sector. Łukasz advises clients in terms of tax, legal and business in the development of domestic and international investment and ownership structures (both for individuals and corporations). As part of his current practice, he also deals with issues related to TP, CIT and PIT tax audits, as well as ongoing tax advisory for Polish entities.

 
The meeting will be held in English.

The participation is free of charge.

If  you wish to participate, please register directly to weronika@ppcc.pl until September 20th.

Szymon Syp, PhD, Senior Associate in Crido Legal co-authors “Postal Law. Commentary”

Szymon Syp, PhD, co-authors “Postal Law. Commentary”

 

Szymon Syp, PhD, Senior Associate in Crido Legal co-authors “Postal Law. Commentary” to be published by C.H. BECK (set publication date – September 2018).

The publication is a practical commentary (presenting and discussing provisions currently in force) on the Act of 23 November 2012 – Postal Law (uniform text: Journal of Laws of 2017, item 1481, as amended).

Szymon Syp, PhD, notes: “The total value of the Polish postal services market amounted to PLN 7,649.98 million in 2016 (according to the latest report on postal services in 2016). It is also worth noting that the year 2016 was the first one, in which the segment of courier items achieved its largest share in the overall value of the postal services market. This tendency is a proof of shifting customer preferences – from traditional postal services to courier services, which guarantee quicker delivery and comfortable form of services. Anticipated Poland’s economic growth, constant improvement of road, logistics and digital infrastructure, as well as increasing society’s preference to shop on-line are the factors which ensure that despite a decline in the number of letter items it is a sector of the economy with strong prospects for growth.”

The publication is the first of its kind in the publishing market and is aimed at discussing issues arising in the course of applying the Postal Law in practice, some of such issues being as follows:

  • rules governing the postal operations;
  • the scope of the license to perform postal operations;
  • the scope of postal services provision;
  • the scope of universal services provision;
  • rules governing access to elements of the postal infrastructure;
  • rules governing the appointment of a designated operator;
  • obligations of a postal operator for the defense of the state and public safety and order;
  • liability of a postal operator and complaint proceedings regarding non-performance or improper performance of a postal service;
  • regulatory accounting, cost calculation and accounting system of the designated operator;
  • the calculation of net cost and the financing of the obligation to provide universal services;
  • control over the postal operations by the President of the Office of Electronic Communications;
  • the portfolio of entities subject to monetary penalties.

 

The Postal Law constitutes the final implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 amending Directive 97/67/EC into the Polish legal system. The new rules have been in force in Poland since 1 January 2013.

The authors place an emphasis on rules governing the functioning of the postal market, namely its opening to competition and liberalization both in the theoretical and practical aspects, and consider the postal market experience gathered from the moment the new provisions entered into force.

The commentary is intended for postal operators, recipients of postal services, and it may also be of interest to public administration bodies, including the President of the Office of Electronic Communications, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, as well as the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection.

The book can be ordered here: www.ksiegarnia.beck.pl

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About Crido Legal

Crido Legal provides comprehensive legal advice, including in particular M&A consultancy, advice on intellectual property and personal data issues, assistance regarding credit facility agreements, real estate and complex corporate restructurings (mergers, transformations and divisions, fund formation, etc.), as well as ongoing legal advice to businesses, regarding in particular commercial companies and corporate law. We help our clients to find the optimal – legally and tax-wise – organizational structure and handle complex corporate restructurings. We act in domestic and international transactions, and offer comprehensive legal advice on the acquisition and use of public financing.

Our clients can count on us in all matters crucial for their business (including mergers and acquisitions, succession projects, financial and tax restructurings). Our team of over 30 lawyers with a wealth of expertise and experience guarantees top quality advice provided in the most complex projects from diverse industries.

We act with the utmost care and diligence to understand business conditions of our clients’ transactions and specific nature of their business sectors. We also draw from hands-on experience and know-how of other Crido Taxand’s teams, so that we can act responsively and provide instant advice to our clients that have no time to spare when it comes to decision making. Due to our cooperation with Crido Taxand and being a part of Taxand’s network, we are the one-stop shop for clients seeking comprehensive legal, tax and financial advice, and this is a unique solution in the market.

For more information visit cridolegal.pl

Media contact:

Agata Woźniak, Senior Marketing Specialist

agata.wozniak@crido.pl | + 48 532 756 164

Business Breakfast – Safe board members, safe company

We have the pleasure to invite you to the Business Breakfast by Advicero:

Safe board members, safe company

The event will take place at Advicero Tax premises in Warsaw (Moniuszki st. 1A, 9th floor)

on 28th August 2018 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am

During the Business Breakfast our experts will discuss the following topics:

Responsibility of board members in the light of penal fiscal provisions and the Tax Ordinance Act.

Safety of the company in VAT settlements.

Additional benefits for board members and their PIT settlements.

Responsibility of collective entities for prohibited acts – draft amendments to the Act.

 

 

The breakfast will be held in Polish. Participation is free.

Please confirm your attendance by sending ‘Name, Surname and Company name’ to this email: mszeremet@advicero.eu.