A law to greatly limit Sunday shopping in Poland was passed on 30 January 2018. The law, which will also ban trade on public holidays, will be gradually implemented from 1 March. However, a number of sectors will be exempt under the law, which has been strongly criticised because of a lack of clarity.
Shops have traditionally been open on Sunday, so the new law constitutes a significant change for Polish life. Under the new law, trade will be prohibited on Sunday and public holidays, with some exceptions. The changes will be implemented gradually: from 1 March 2018, shops will be open just two Sundays per month, and from 1 January 2019, this will be reduced to one Sunday per month; as of 1 January 2020, the law will come into full force, with trade banned on every Sunday of the year bar seven (the Sundays before Christmas, Easter and the final Sundays of January, April, June and August).
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