New obligations for foreign road carriers in Poland
17/10/24
From November 1, 2024, a change in SENT (Electronic Transport Supervision System) came into force, requiring non-EU foreign carriers in Poland to submit movement notifications - this disrupted supply chains for several weeks. As the regulations will cover EU carries starting from January 1st 2025, don't let your company be negatively affected.
Foreign carriers in Poland are now obliged to notify their transports in a special register, together with an obligation to obtain an unique identifier assigned to each transport notification. The notification includes, among others:
- information on the country of loading and the country of unloading of the goods,
- data of the foreign entity performing the road transport,
- registration numbers of vehicles,
- number of the transport document accompanying the transported goods.
Carriers from European Union countries operating through Poland will also be affected from January 1st 2025 - if they are moving goods to/from third countries through Poland.
If the carrier in question fails to do so, it may be detained (causing delays in deliveries) and fines may be imposed (maximum of 23 500 zł per transport).
It should be emphasized that these solutions are included in the act, for which the legislative process has already been completed. This is already binding law and the legislator specifically provided for a longer transition period for foreign carriers to adapt to this law.
