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Polish Confederation Lewiatan

Lewiatan

Polish Confederation Lewiatan is Poland's largest employer organization representing 3,900 companies across 62 sector and regional associations.

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Lewiatan urges flexible and competitively neutral EU postal rules

14 Nov 2025
Topic — This consultation concerns the reform of the European postal regulatory framework.
Message — Lewiatan recommends a flexible universal service obligation allowing participation by several operators. They seek a level playing field where rules apply to comparable services. They propose a uniform reporting system for shipments to improve cross-border monitoring.123
Why — These measures would protect private operators from unfair competition and reduce reporting burdens.45
Impact — National operators would face increased competition and stricter transparency requirements for subsidies.6
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Lewiatan Urges EU to Drop Damaging Digital Network Proposals

10 Jul 2025
Topic — The consultation addresses improving EU digital infrastructure and connectivity for cloud-based transitions.
Message — Lewiatan asks the Commission to abandon new telecom regulations on internet interconnection. They advocate for preserving the distinct horizontal nature of cloud services.12
Why — This prevents increased business costs and regulatory uncertainty for Polish tech employers.3
Impact — European businesses and consumers face higher costs and degraded services under proposed rules.45
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Polish Confederation Lewiatan opposes expanding geo-blocking rules to audiovisual content

11 Mar 2025
Topic — Evaluation of the 2018 Geo-blocking Regulation and its potential scope expansion.
Message — The group demands effective enforcement of the current regulation instead of broadening its scope. They insist on excluding audiovisual services to protect the exclusive territorial licensing rule.12
Why — Preserving territorial exclusivity protects the industry's established financing and distribution models.3
Impact — European consumers lose access to streaming services and films from other member states.4
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Polish Confederation Lewiatan urges bold reform of telecom rules

28 Jun 2024
Topic — The consultation examines scenarios for mastering Europe's future digital infrastructure and connectivity needs.
Message — The group requests a deregulatory overhaul to address falling revenues and ensure cloud providers face similar rules. They demand the removal of retail price caps and full harmonization of consumer laws.123
Why — Longer licenses and less regulation would lower costs and improve profitability for Polish operators.45
Impact — Consumers would face higher prices for calls if current retail price protections are abolished.6
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Response to Review of the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

19 Feb 2024

Dear Sir/Madame, Please find attached the position of the Polish Confederation Lewiatan. Best regards, Kacper Olejniczak
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Lewiatan Urges Longer Transition for BPA Restrictions in Food

15 Feb 2024
Topic — EU consultation regarding restrictions on bisphenol A and other bisphenols in food contact materials.
Message — Lewiatan calls for extending the transition period and allowing continued use of existing machinery. They propose a 60-month extension for the alcohol industry's large-scale tank infrastructure.12
Why — This would help food producers avoid the high costs of replacing functional industrial equipment.34
Impact — Public health may suffer as BPA-containing equipment remains in food production for years.5
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Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament) and European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations and

31 Jan 2024 · EU pharmaceutical roundtable - the EU institutions’ representatives and the stakeholder's dialogue

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jan 2024 · Wsparcie UE dla rozwoju relacji gospodarczych polskich i ukraińskich przedsiębiorstw

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

5 Dec 2023 · Regulacje dotyczące aptek w Polsce w kontekście swobody konkurencji w UE

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2023 · industrial policy

Meeting with Róża Thun Und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

23 Nov 2023 · Combating Late Payments

Response to Evaluation and revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation

7 Nov 2023

Polish Confederation Lewiatan is the biggest trade association in Poland. We represent over 4,000 companies brought together in 34 industry and 20 regional associations. Over 20 companies are direct members of Lewiatan. Our members employ over a million employees. 1) We are of the opinion that in order to ensure equitable access to medicines for all EU Member States, a modulation of the market protection instead of the data protection would enable off-patent manufacturers to develop and apply for a marketing authorisation after six years and then to market the product when the other exclusivities run out. This would improve the predictability of the system by allowing developers to properly plan regulatory filings. 2) In order to ensure broad access to medicines it is crucial to set up safeguards to prevent evergreening abuses of the incentive system: There are evidences of the abuse of existing incentive schemes to artificially extend monopolies for blockbuster drugs. It is of crucial importance to ensure that the modulated protection system cannot be misused to create legal uncertainty and to delay competition from b generic and biosimilar medicines. Decisions to extend protections should be made transparently, through the timely publication of the variation process for obtaining the conditional additional years of protection, and there should be an administrative procedure for follow-on developers to challenge those additional protection where there is manifest misuse of the system for additional protection periods. 3) Since the EU has the longest period of regulatory data protection in the world, which delays access, affordability and availability, the cumulated period of data and market protection should be capped at the current maximum level of protection (11 years) and not extended to 12 or 13 years. 4) A system of transferable exclusivity vouchers for antimicrobials in our opinion is not a perfect solution. It creates a market where companies will have an option to buy a monopoly extension for blockbuster drugs. The antimicrobial resistance is a big problem but another solution should be seek. For instance, a cost-effective market policy should be introduced. It has been already mention in the Council Recommendation on stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach. We attach a position paper and views we are in line with. We believe approach presented therein should broaden acces to medicines in all EU Member States.
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Response to Payment services – revision of EU rules (Directive)

1 Nov 2023

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find enclosed the Polish Confederation Lewiatan position paper on the proposal for PSD3 and PSR. Regards Aleksandra Musielak
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Response to Payment services – revision of EU rules (new Regulation)

1 Nov 2023

Dear Sir or Madam, Please find enclosed the Polish Confederation Lewiatan position paper on the proposal for PSD3 and PSR. Regards Aleksandra Musielak
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Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Jun 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

6 Jun 2023 · Data, defense and Sovereignty fund

Polish business lobby warns against rigid deadlines in GDPR enforcement

24 Mar 2023
Topic — The consultation seeks to streamline cooperation between national authorities in cross-border GDPR enforcement cases.
Message — Lewiatan argues that the initiative should focus on authority cooperation without imposing new obligations. They demand a systematic right to be heard before the European Data Protection Board.12
Why — Avoiding arbitrary deadlines prevents rushed decisions and reduces the likelihood of successful court challenges.3
Impact — Complainants and data subjects may face prolonged delays and less transparency during cross-border investigations.4
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Meeting with Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Mar 2023 · Rola aptek w EU4Health

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Mar 2023 · Pharmacies after COVID-19 pandemic

Response to Review of EU rules on payment services

2 Aug 2022

1. No or limited use of PSD2 SCA exemptions and negative impact of SCA implementation on the user experience during the payment process It is important to note that there is no possibility (or it is limited) to use PSD2 SCA exemptions (Strong Customer Authentication), especially when it comes to PIS (Payment Initiation Services). As a result, the competitiveness and innovation of services based on PIS is severely limited. PSD2 SCA exemptions are not supported by the API and solution design. Undoubtedly, the PSD2 has been effective in increasing consumers' confidence that their data will remain secure during transactions but on the other hand some implementations of the SCA requirement cause a decrease of conversion rate during the payment while the fraud ratio stays untouched. It might suggest that side-effect of some implementations of the SCA has a negative impact on user experience during the payment proces. It is worth pointing out at this point that a convenient purchase process is a key to gain loyal and returning customers. Transaction monitoring solutions combined with payment instruments that allow applying SCA exemptions are a way to increase convenience during payments and limit the number of fraudulent transactions at the same time. 2. Significant difficulties in applying the 'Trusted Beneficiary Exemption' In business practice it is almost impossible to use the 'Trusted Beneficiary exemption'. To clarify, please note that most of the issuers of payment instruments do not provide opportunities for defining a Trusted Beneficiary. 3. The need for customer authentication by both the retailer and the issuer of the payment instrument We would like to emphasize the lack of the possibility of transmitting the result of the risk assessment of the transaction and, if applicable, information about the customer authentication already carried out, to the payment instrument issuer. The lack of such a possibility results in the customer being authenticated by both the retailer and the payment instrument issuer. At the same time it is also worth pointing out that with card transactions managed by card schemes such a possibility exists. Unfortunately, known implementations of PDS2 PIS do not provide such an opportunity.
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Lewiatan Urges Stronger Enforcement Over New Digital Consumer Rules

14 Jun 2022
Topic — Evaluation of whether current EU consumer laws ensure fairness online.
Message — Lewiatan claims existing consumer laws cover all digital practices without clear gaps. They recommend focusing on enforcement resources rather than creating new regulations.12
Why — This prevents new regulatory burdens and ensures legal certainty for businesses.3
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Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

19 May 2022 · 1. The impact of war in Ukraine on Polish economy 2. The Green Deal in context of opportunities and challenges for the Polish economy. Automotive sector situation. 3. EU Digital Agenda. 4. API production in pharmaceutical sector.

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius), Simonas Satunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

19 May 2022 · to discuss the Green Deal, the Circular Economy and the European Forum of New Ideas in Sopot

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

18 May 2022 · war in Ukraine, Green Deal, Digital Agenda.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

29 Apr 2022 · Préparation REPowerEU : discussions sur les impacts de la crise énergétique sur les entreprises polonaises et échange sur la préparation de ces industries

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

28 Mar 2022 · EU response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

23 Feb 2022 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Jan 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

10 Dec 2021 · Green and digital transition, single market and media freedom

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

22 Oct 2021 · Preparation for European Forum of New Ideas

Response to Consumer Credit Agreement – review of EU rules

2 Sept 2021

Dear Sir or Madame, Please find enclosed the remarks of Polish Confederation Lewiatan regarding the proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on consumer credits COM(2021) 347 final. Kind regards Aleksandra Musielak
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Response to Revision of Food Information to Consumers for what concerns labelling rules on alcoholic beverages

21 Jul 2021

Zdaniem Konfederacji Lewiatan w opublikowanym przez Komisję Europejską dokumencie „Wstęp do oceny skutków” (inception impact assesment) wprowadzenia obowiązkowego podawania składników i informacji o wartości odżywczej na etykietach wszystkich napojów alkoholowych, należy pozostawić opcję „0”, która umożliwia nadal dobrowolne podawanie wykazu składników i informacji o wartości odżywczej na etykiecie napojów alkoholowych lub w inny sposób, np. online, a jeśli informacja o wartości odżywczej jest podana na etykiecie, może być ograniczona do wartości energetycznej. Należy podkreślić, że etykiety produktów alkoholowych już teraz muszą zawierać mnóstwo obowiązkowych informacji, a ich powierzchnia jest zwykle ograniczona, co już powoduje problemy z ich czytelnością dla konsumenta. Informacje mogą być umieszczane w Internecie, a na etykiecie np. kod QR, który pozwoli włączenie odpowiedniej strony internetowej. Większość dorosłych chętniej skorzysta ze strony internetowej z pełnymi danymi niż będzie próbować odczytywać coraz mniejsze litery na etykietach, zapełnionych informacjami. Ponadto warto przypomnieć, że każda dodatkowa informacja na etykiecie czy opakowaniu pociąga za sobą koszty ich ponownego przygotowania i wymiany. Obowiązek dostosowania etykiet napojów alkoholowych do wymogu prezentowania na etykiecie informacji nt. wszystkich składników produktu, w wielu przypadkach będzie wiązało się z przeprojektowaniem butelki dla produktu, a to oznacza bardzo wysokie koszty do poniesienia przez producenta.
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Response to Setting of nutrient profiles

2 Feb 2021

Dziękujemy Komisji Europejskiej za umożliwienie nam wniesienia wkładu w przegląd przepisów UE dotyczących informacji przekazywanych konsumentom. Konfederacja Lewiatan jest polską organizacją biznesową, reprezentującą interesy pracodawców w Polsce i Unii Europejskiej, skupiamy ponad 4100 firm zatrudniających w sumie ponad 1 mln osób. Jako Konfederacja Lewiatan popieramy wprowadzenie harmonizacji prawa, która ułatwi prowadzenie działalności gospodarczej, jednocześnie dbając o zdrowie konsumentów. W odniesieniu do wdrażania systemu etykietowania uważamy, że należy ustanowić jasne i przejrzyste ramy wprowadzenia, zarządzania, monitorowania i zmiany. Nauka o żywieniu, oczekiwania konsumentów i ograniczenia środowiskowe będą ewoluować; w związku z tym istotne jest, aby podmioty sektora spożywczego miały wgląd w terminy wdrażania i przyszłe zmiany systemu etykietowania. Proces powinien pozostać przejrzysty i otwarty na opinie wszystkich obywateli i zainteresowanych stron sektora spożywczego. W sprawie zmian w zakresie podawania daty minimalnej trwałości, doceniając wagę problemu marnowania żywności, proponujemy odstąpienie od pochopnego wprowadzenia rewolucyjnych zmian w tym zakresie, szczególności polegających na całkowitym odstąpieniu od obowiązku podawania takiej daty, czy też na wprowadzeniu nowych oznaczeń dotyczących daty minimalnej trwałości. Właściwą drogą w tym zakresie jest naszym zdaniem poprzedzająca wszelkie zmiany pogłębiona i oparta na dowodach analiza zarówno rzeczywistej percepcji tych zmian przez konsumentów, jak i ekonomicznych skutków proponowanych zmian dla przemysłu spożywczego i handlu. Zgadzamy się, że w celu ograniczenia marnotrawstwa żywności (wynikającego z braku zrozumienia przez konsumentów) należy stosować nadal tylko jedno oznaczenie daty (odpowiednio minimalnej trwałości lub przydatności do spożycia) na raz. Aby zapewnić satysfakcję konsumentów, tylko data minimalnej trwałości „Najlepiej spożyć przed” (oznaczająca okres zachowania najwyższej jakości żywności) powinna być umieszczana na produktach trwałych, podczas gdy w przypadku łatwo psujących się produktów spożywczych jedyną wskazaną datą powinien być termin przydatności do spożycia.
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Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

18 Nov 2020 · Transport logistic update

Response to Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services

30 Jun 2020

Stanowisko Konfederacji Lewiatan wobec Roadmap: "Digital Services Act package: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services"
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Response to 2030 Climate Target Plan

15 Apr 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, Please find attached the position paper of the Private Employers’ Association of Energy Sector (Związek Pracodawców Prywatnych Energetyki ZPPE), member of the Polish Confederation Lewiatan to “2030 Climate Target Plan – Inception Impact Assessment". On behalf of ZPPE, Dorota Zawadzka-Stepniak Director of Energy and Climate Change Department Polish Confederation Lewiatan
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Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

6 Feb 2020 · Green Deal priorities

Response to Contract summary template for electronic communications service providers

9 Sept 2019

With regard to the consultation of the Commission implementing regulation (EU) …/... of XXX establishing a template for the contract summary to be used by providers of publicly available electronic communications services pursuant to Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council, please find attached the comments by the Polish Confederation Lewiatan.
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Meeting with Katarzyna Szczepanska (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

18 Jul 2019 · MFF

Meeting with Justyna Morek (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

18 Jun 2019 · debriefing and state of play from BusinessEurope - Konfederacja Lewiatan

Meeting with Kasia Jurczak (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

17 Jun 2019 · Skills

Meeting with Andrzej Celinski (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

7 Nov 2018 · meeting on the SPC MW

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

5 Sept 2018 · SPC Manufacturing waver

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

5 Sept 2018 · meeting with representatives of the Polish Association of Pharma Industry Employers

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

17 Nov 2017 · SEP

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)

13 Nov 2017 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Jan Mikolaj Dzieciolowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

13 Nov 2017 · Presentation of Lewaiatan's activities

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

21 Sept 2017 · DSM, upcoming Lewiatan Conference in Sopot

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

10 Jul 2017 · PL media law

Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

10 Feb 2017 · current issues

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

13 May 2016 · e-Commerce, geoblocking, portability, online platforms

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and

8 Apr 2016 · DSM, Geoblocking

Meeting with Justyna Morek (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

24 Sept 2015 · Meeting with the Polish Union of the Cosmetics Industry

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

17 Sept 2015 · ETS

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

14 Jul 2015 · Social policy in transport; fair mobility

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner), Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)

25 Mar 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and

1 Dec 2014 · Functioning of the internal market and the key role of intellectual property in fostering innovation, creation and growth.