Poland

The central element of Poland's anti-money-laundering system. The Prime Minister appoints and dismisses the General Inspector on the Finance Minister's proposal, and the Financial Information Department of the Ministry of Finance supports the office; together they act as the financial intelligence unit under EU rules.

The supervisor of the Polish financial market, served by its office, the Urząd KNF (UKNF). Its published penalty lists show decisions against banks, insurers, brokerage houses, investment fund companies, payment companies, consumer lenders and listed issuers.

Poland's central bank. It aims to stabilise inflation at 2.5%, with a permissible fluctuation band of plus or minus one percentage point.

Poland's data protection authority, headed by the President of the Office, who is the supervisory authority under the GDPR and Directive 2016/680.

A special service created as a government administration office to combat corruption in public and economic life.

A computer security incident response team set up within NASK in 1996. It acts as CSIRT NASK, one of three national-level CSIRT teams in Poland's national cybersecurity system.

The Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), whose Public Information Bulletin sets out how citizens can refer matters to the office.

Poland's competition and consumer-protection authority, whose President decides consumer cases against traders, including banks and lenders.