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Szymon Dąbrowski

This author is no longer a member of the DJP team. Their publications remain available below.

Author publications

Ten months of the deposit return scheme

Poland’s deposit return scheme has applied to PET plastic bottles and metal cans since 1 October 2025, and to glass bottles since 1 January 2026. Its introduction aimed to increase…

16.09.2026

approx. 5 min

Szymon Dąbrowski Łukasz Doktór

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Corporate services, M&A, Competition law

The growing importance of competition law in the labour market

Recent years have brought a significant change at the intersection of employment and competition law: competition authorities have shown an unprecedented interest in labour markets.

12.05.2026

approx. 4 min

Łukasz Doktór Szymon Dąbrowski

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Corporate services, M&A

Deposit return scheme — the final weeks of the transitional period

The successive weeks since the deposit return scheme began have been particularly important for how it will operate in future. As the transitional period draws to a close, consumers are…

11.12.2025

approx. 3 min

Szymon Dąbrowski

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Corporate services, M&A

The first months of the deposit return scheme

Our article of 23 October on the first weeks of the deposit return scheme addressed, among other things, public awareness, the operation of reverse vending machines and ideas used in…

20.11.2025

approx. 4 min

Szymon Dąbrowski

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Banking

Act of 5 August 2025 amending the Banking Law and certain other acts

The amending Act discussed here concerns the ability of banks and cooperative savings and credit unions to disclose information covered by professional or banking secrecy.

12.11.2025

approx. 3 min

Szymon Dąbrowski

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Corporate services, M&A

The first weeks of the deposit return scheme

The deposit return scheme officially took effect on 1 October. For several months, the government had been informing consumers and businesses about the new regulations, bottle return rules and the…

23.10.2025

approx. 4 min

Szymon Dąbrowski

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Szymon Dąbrowski

Author publications

Ten months of the deposit return scheme

The growing importance of competition law in the labour market

Deposit return scheme — the final weeks of the transitional period

The first months of the deposit return scheme

Act of 5 August 2025 amending the Banking Law and certain other acts

The first weeks of the deposit return scheme

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