Legal acts — licensed activity and defence trade

We maintain an up-to-date index of the key Polish legal acts governing licensed activity and export control. Below are 27 documents grouped by subject, all available to download as PDFs.

Please note: the titles below are translated for orientation, but the documents themselves are the official Polish texts as published in the Journal of Laws (Dziennik Ustaw, abbreviated Dz.U.). If you need a certified translation or an interpretation in English, please get in touch.

Consolidated index

Index of legal acts on licensing

The full list in a single document. Compiled from isap.sejm.gov.pl.

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/001

The licensing act

The legal basis for licensed activity involving explosives, weapons, ammunition and products and technology intended for military or police use.

/001Act of 13 June 2019 on conducting business activity in the field of manufacturing and trading in explosives, weapons, ammunition and products and technology intended for military or police use — consolidated textJournal of Laws 2019, item 1214PDF ↓

/002

Licensing proceedings and documentation

/017Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 9 January 2020 on the licence application templateJournal of Laws 2020, item 118PDF ↓

/007Notice of the Minister of Finance and Economy of 8 October 2025 — consolidated text of the regulation on institutions authorised to issue opinionsJournal of Laws 2025, item 1500PDF ↓

/008Regulation of the Minister of Development, Labour and Technology on institutions authorised to issue opinionsJournal of Laws 2021, item 164PDF ↓

/009Notice of the Minister of Finance and Economy of 16 September 2025 — consolidated text of the regulation on trainingJournal of Laws 2025, item 1318PDF ↓

/010Regulation of the Minister of Development and Technology of 1 April 2021 on professional qualificationsJournal of Laws 2021, item 776PDF ↓

/020Regulation of the Minister of Health of 21 October 2019 on templates for medical and psychological certificatesJournal of Laws 2019, item 2056PDF ↓

/018Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 30 October 2019 on manufacturing recordsJournal of Laws 2019, item 2241PDF ↓

/019Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 30 October 2019 on trading recordsJournal of Laws 2019, item 2235PDF ↓

/014Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 28 December 2020 on the emergency response planJournal of Laws 2021, item 70PDF ↓

/011Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 1 September 2021 on the template for reporting sales of explosives and of firearms other than small armsJournal of Laws 2021, item 1733PDF ↓

/003

Foreign trade

/022Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 31 July 2019 on the delivery verification certificateJournal of Laws 2019, item 1432PDF ↓

/023Regulation of the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of 16 July 2019 on the import certificate templateJournal of Laws 2019, item 1404PDF ↓

/024Regulation of the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of 16 July 2019 on the import certificate application templateJournal of Laws 2019, item 1386PDF ↓

/025Regulation of the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of 16 July 2019 on the application template for a firearms import permitJournal of Laws 2019, item 1385PDF ↓

/015Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 13 May 2020 on templates for the transfer consent and prior transfer consentJournal of Laws 2020, item 896PDF ↓

/004

Storage facilities and sites

/002Notice of the Minister of Finance and Economy of 20 November 2025 — consolidated text of the regulation on storage facilitiesJournal of Laws 2025, item 1766PDF ↓

/003Regulation of the Minister of Development and Technology on storage facilitiesJournal of Laws 2021, item 1674PDF ↓

/004Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 26 September 2023 on clearing sites of explosive and hazardous materialsJournal of Laws 2023, item 2286PDF ↓

/005

Weapons, ammunition and products

/021Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 17 September 2019 on the classification of explosives, weapons, ammunition and products and technology whose manufacture or trade requires a licenceJournal of Laws 2019, item 1888PDF ↓

/005Notice of the Minister of National Defence of 15 March 2024 — consolidated text of the regulation on deactivating firearmsJournal of Laws 2024, item 439PDF ↓

/006Regulation of the Minister of National Defence on deactivating weapons other than small armsJournal of Laws 2022, item 911PDF ↓

/016Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 31 January 2020 on deactivating small armsJournal of Laws 2020, item 272PDF ↓

/012Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 28 July 2021 on certificates for alarm and signal weaponsJournal of Laws 2021, item 1405PDF ↓

/013Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 22 July 2021 on technical specifications for alarm and signal weaponsJournal of Laws 2021, item 1383PDF ↓

/006

Occupational health and safety

/026Notice of the Minister of Finance and Economy of 20 June 2024 — consolidated text of the regulation on occupational health and safety in the production of and trade in explosives, including pyrotechnic articlesJournal of Laws 2024, item 1132PDF ↓

/027Regulation of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 2 March 2007 — general occupational health and safety rulesJournal of Laws 2007, no. 49, item 330PDF ↓

This index is provided for information only and is compiled from the Polish Internet System of Legal Acts (isap.sejm.gov.pl). It does not constitute legal advice — for individual matters, please contact our experts.

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