Please note that exports of certain medical products from Poland are regulated by the ordinance of the Minister of Health of 20 March 2020 on the introduction of a state of epidemic in Poland. Under the ordinance, export restrictions apply only to products manufactured in Poland or purchased by Polish entrepreneurs for further redistribution. In this case, they are required to notify a provincial governor having jurisdiction over their seat or place of their residence of their intention of exporting or selling such products outside Poland. The provincial governor transmits such notification without delay to the minister competent for health. The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that domestic production provides, in the first place, against epidemiological risks in Poland.

As a rule, no such restrictions apply to products in transit.  

Therefore, medical products referred to in the above-mentioned ordinance which are requested by one country in another third country may transit through the territory of the Republic of Poland without hindrance, upon presentation of a consignment note and an invoice indicating that they do not originate from a Polish entrepreneur as a seller.

We ask all concerned to verify with the competent Polish services the accuracy of reports spread by foreign sources, which will make it possible to eliminate false information from the public domain, having as it does a clearly negative impact on Poland’s image.

 

MFA Press Office

 

Fot. Tymon Markowski / MFA