Launch of the report “Effectiveness of EU funds recovery procedures” at a press briefing
9 July 2025 • Autor: Kancelaria Brysiewicz Bokina i Wspólnicy
The premiere of the first report in Poland on the ‘Effectiveness of EU funds recovery procedures’ was accompanied by a press breakfast for journalists. The authors of the report – experts from the Brysiewicz, Bokina, Sakławski and Partners law firm – presented statistics on the proceedings, as well as de lege ferenda postulates concerning possible improvements and streamlining of the procedure.
The programming work, as well as the upcoming start of the implementation of the financial perspective for 2021-27, is a good time to assess the effectiveness of the functioning mechanisms for the reimbursement of EU funds in Poland. Therefore, lawyers from Brysiewicz, Bokina, Sakławski and Partners and academics from the Department of EU Law at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin decided to summarise them in a report entitled ‘Effectiveness of EU reimbursement procedures’.
The authors of the report: Krzysztof Brysiewicz, Dr. Magdalena Porzeżyńska, Prof. Rafał Poździk, Małgorzata Woźniak and Zofia Szewczuk carried out a comprehensive survey of data on proceedings for the reimbursement of EU funds by beneficiaries as a consequence of irregularities. They addressed dozens of institutions, both central and regional, responsible for the distribution of funds with a series of questions concerning the conducted proceedings on the reimbursement of funds, asking, among others, about their length, results or effectiveness. The prepared report is the first evaluation material in Poland concerning the reimbursement proceedings .
The launch was accompanied by a press breakfast for journalists. During the meeting, statistics on refund proceedings were presented (length, effectiveness of appeals, efficiency of recovery, number of cases before the courts, outcome of these cases, etc.) as well as de lege ferenda postulates concerning possible improvements and streamlining of the procedure. Journalists asked our experts many questions concerning, among other things, the consequences of repayment, who they might concern, and how Polish repayment procedures look in comparison with those in other European countries.
The report was presented by Dr Magdalena Porzeżyńska, legal adviser and partner of the firm, and Małgorzata Woźniak, trainee solicitor, but the meeting was also attended by Krzysztof Brysiewicz, legal adviser and managing partner of the firm, and Zofia Szewczuk, junior lawyer.
We encourage you to read the Report, but also to familiarise yourself with the presentation that accompanied its official launch.
Presentation – Efficiency of EU refund procedures
The meeting was also followed by the first publications in the media.
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