New postal law – modern delivery law 2016

Conference report New postal law – modern delivery law 2016

On November 21, 2016, in Warsaw, the 5th edition of the conference “New Postal Law 2016. The Law of Modern Deliveries” took place.

The honorary patron of the conference was Mr. Marcin Cichy, President of the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE).

The opening speech of the conference was delivered by Mr. Karol Krzywicki, Director of the Postal Market Department at UKE.

The conference was attended by 47 participants representing companies from the courier, express, postal, logistics, distribution, press delivery, and e-commerce sectors, as well as representatives of academia, industry organizations, and leading law firms.

The Silver Partner of the conference was Poczta Polska S.A.

The conference was held under the patronage of the Polish Marketing Association (SMB).

Main topics of the conference:

• The postal, courier, and direct marketing markets in the era of digitalization;
• The Digital Single Market and the Single Delivery Market – the status of work on EU regulations;
• Digitalization of communication services – the eIDAS Regulation and the new Act on Trust Services and Electronic Identification;
• Legal aspects of handwritten signatures on tablets in postal and courier service practice;
• Silk Road 2.0 – regulatory and legal conditions for cooperation with e-commerce and logistics leaders from the Middle Kingdom;
• Will postal and direct marketing services survive digitalization?;
• Legal aspects of e-commerce operations: handling returns and liability for damaged shipments;
• Complaint procedures in postal and courier activities;
• The postal sector vs. Public Procurement Law and Competition Law;
• Law of Direct Marketing and e-Marketing. Protection of privacy and personal data;
• Tax challenges of domestic and cross-border parcel and courier services.