Decision of the Regional Court in Warsaw 1st Civil Division of 7th September 2018
I C 464/16

Decision reversed in part and amended in part by decision of the Court of Appeals in Warsaw of 11th April 2019, I ACz 182/19.

1. The Act on Pursuing Claims in Group Proceedings does not contain regulations concerning entities wishing to join a group in the period between the filing of a statement of claims and the publication of a press announcement on the commencement of group proceedings. There are no grounds to claim that it is not possible to submit a declaration on joining the group in the period indicated, as the provisions of the Act do not explicitly prohibit this, but also explicitly do not permit the situation in question. However, it should be pointed out that those individuals must comply with the prerequisites laid down in the decision ordering the announcement and the announcement in the press, since a declaration by entities wishing to join a group must, de facto, be made after the announcement has been made.