The number of pages of the law dropped by 50% y / y in the first half year.

From the beginning of January to the end of June 2018, Poland adopted 8,727 pages of typescripts of the highest laws – laws and ordinances. This result is 50% lower than the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the latest update of the "Barometer of the stability of the legal environment in Poland" prepared by the company. audit and consulting Grant Thornton.

"The instability of the legal system is very unfavorable for Polish entrepreneurs, as it forces companies not only to bear the costs of adapting to new regulations, but also to expose companies to the risk of As a result, a sharp slowdown in the production of the law makes us optimistic.After the previous record years, the pace of creation of new laws and regulations has finally decreased.We hope that the legislators have finally limited their tendency – in our opinion excessive – to regulate the lives of citizens He added, "said Grant Thornton Managing Partner Przemysław Polaczek, quoted in the statement.

Grant Thornton points out that the number of pages of legal acts introduced in 2018 is down compared to previous years, it remains very important. In the first half of 2018, it took about 2 hours and 15 minutes to read all the new laws and ordinances on a working day.

The authors of the report indicate that the magazine published in the first half of the year. 2018, 808 legal acts – which means that every day, on average, four new legal acts of the highest office come into effect every day.

"There are three acts less than the previous year, but still the object of the new law the law is excessive for citizens and entrepreneurs to know," reads in the document

"There is no doubt that the law should be amended to adapt to the changing reality and improve the laws." However, the laws are still being prepared without the necessary public consultations and without any real discussion , in addition often with substantial and legal errors and without respect of the legislative procedures "- added Polaczek.

Grant Thornton inaugurated in February 2015 his own research project "Stability of the barometer of the legal environment in the Polish economy", in which continuously monitors the legal system of Polish instability . Since then, once a year, publishes a report on the scale of production of the new law in Poland, and every three months presents quarterly abridged updates.