International: Poland

At a glanceRequirements at a glance

The Licencja Wspólnotowa Already Covers EU/EEA Transport

Yes

Yes, where the mover operates its own vehicles. As covered on the Poland page, a mover holding the Community Licence (rather than only the domestic-only zezwolenie) is already authorized for both domestic transport and cross-border transport within the EU/EEA; no additional vehicle licence is needed for that traffic specifically. Where the mover subcontracts the cross-border transport, the carrier’s own licence covers the transport it performs.

CMR Does Not Cover Furniture Removal

Correct. Poland ratified the CMR Convention in 1962, and CMR generally governs international road carriage, but Article 1(4)(c) of the Convention explicitly excludes furniture removal from its scope, confirmed directly in the Convention’s own text and by UNIDROIT (its custodian body). This means a genuine international household-goods move does not automatically fall under CMR’s liability limits or consignment-note requirement. Poland does not appear to have a dedicated moving-contract statute comparable to Germany’s § 451 HGB, so the general carriage-contract provisions of Poland’s Kodeks cywilny (Civil Code) are likely to apply by default. This has not been confirmed with a Polish transport-law source; customers should check which liability terms their contract applies.

OverviewOverview & Scope

International relocations involving Poland require nothing beyond the domestic licencja wspólnotowa already covered on the Poland page for EU/EEA road transport by a mover operating its own vehicles: the Polish Community Licence covers this traffic automatically. Where the mover subcontracts transport, the carrier’s own licences cover the transport it performs, and the mover should use carriers that hold them. On liability, Poland’s ratification of CMR (since 1962) doesn’t change the outcome for a genuine household-goods move: CMR explicitly excludes furniture removal from its scope, and Poland’s general Civil Code carriage-contract provisions are likely to apply by default, since no dedicated moving-contract statute appears to exist in Polish law.

RegistrationRegistration & Compliance Essentials

Movers that operate their own vehicles on EU/EEA international routes must:

1. Hold the licencja wspólnotowa (not only the domestic zezwolenie); no additional vehicle licence is needed once this is in place.

Movers that subcontract the cross-border transport must:

2. Use carriers that hold the licences required for the transport they perform.

ChecklistCompliance checklist

Company licensing

• Licencja wspólnotowa held (not only the domestic zezwolenie) for EU/EEA international road transportWhere applicable (mover operates its own vehicles on international routes)Verified by DocumentRequired

Subcontracted transport

• Where transport is subcontracted, the mover uses carriers that hold the licences required for the transport they performWhere applicableVerified by AffirmationRequired