Wybrane uprawnienia i obowiązki przedsiębiorców w świetle przepisów ustawy o swobodzie działalności gospodarczej

The main purpose of the article is to present basic information on the fundamental rights of entrepreneurs and the requirements which they are obliged to meet in order to commence and conduct business activity in Poland. The basic rights and duties of the entrepreneurs are regulated by the provisions of the Act on the Freedom of Economic Activity. Presenting the entrepreneur’s rights connected with pursuing business activity, the article focuses on the right to suspend economic activity and the right to receive a written interpretation issued by an administrative body and related to legal provisions imposing the obligation to pay public contributions, including social security contributions. The article also indicates the most important issues referring to the conversion of an entrepreneur who is a natural person into a commercial company. The article gives an overview of general obligations of entrepreneurs including the following: registration in the relevant business record; the duty to have legal title to the immovable property, which is the entrepreneur’s address for service or place of conducting business activity; the obligation of the entrepreneur to make payments through bank accounts; the obligation to guarantee that the business activity is pursued directly by the person who has relevant professional qualifications if the possession of such qualifications is required by the law.The main purpose of the article is to present basic information on the fundamental rights of entrepreneurs and the requirements which they are obliged to meet in order to commence and conduct business activity in Poland. The basic rights and duties of the entrepreneurs are regulated by the provisions of the Act on the Freedom of Economic Activity. Presenting the entrepreneur’s rights connected with pursuing business activity, the article focuses on the right to suspend economic activity and the right to receive a written interpretation issued by an administrative body and related to legal provisions imposing the obligation to pay public contributions, including social security contributions. The article also indicates the most important issues referring to the conversion of an entrepreneur who is a natural person into a commercial company. The article gives an overview of general obligations of entrepreneurs including the following: registration in the relevant business record; the duty to have legal title to the immovable property, which is the entrepreneur’s address for service or place of conducting business activity; the obligation of the entrepreneur to make payments through bank accounts; the obligation to guarantee that the business activity is pursued directly by the person who has relevant professional qualifications if the possession of such qualifications is required by the law.