Guides

Practical, plain-English guides for foreign creditors dealing with unpaid invoices from Polish companies.

• How to recover a debt from a company in Poland

  A practical guide for foreign creditors: demand letters under Polish law, the public debt registry, BIG credit bureau entries, the e-court payment order and bailiff enforcement.

• BIG InfoMonitor: the Polish credit bureau entry, explained

  What a BIG InfoMonitor entry does to a Polish debtor, the legal conditions to list a debt, and how foreign creditors can use it.

• The €40 / €70 / €100 late-payment compensation in Poland

  Polish implementation of the EU Late Payment Directive: fixed recovery-cost compensation per invoice, statutory interest for commercial transactions, and how creditors claim it.

Recovery by industry

• Transport & logistics

  Unpaid freight invoices, CMR claims and the one-year carriage limitation — recovery from Polish forwarders and shippers.

• Construction & building suppliers

  Materials, equipment and subcontracted works unpaid by Polish contractors — retentions, set-offs and acceptance protocols.

• Manufacturing & machinery

  Components, tooling and machines delivered to Polish factories — late quality complaints and financing pressure points.

• Wholesale & goods suppliers

  Open-account deliveries to Polish importers and distributors — supplier credibility and factoring dependence.

• Food & agriculture

  Perishable-goods claims against Polish importers and processors — late quality complaints, acceptance without protest, supplier-credit pressure.

• Automotive suppliers

  Serial deliveries to Polish plants and distributors — unilateral chargebacks, the 60-day legal ceiling on payment terms, tooling ownership.