Poland’s Ministry of Finance on 27 April placed a draft regulation on the Government Legislation Centre portal that would exempt micro-entrepreneurs transporting clothing or footwear from filing road-transport declarations in the SENT monitoring system. Under current anti-smuggling rules, most goods at elevated fiscal risk must be pre-notified through SENT and tracked via GPS. Small sole traders complain that compliance costs outweigh margins, especially when they drive their own vans to cross-border wholesalers. The draft therefore removes the obligation provided the trader is listed in the Central Register of Business Activity (CEIDG) and the load remains below specified weight and value thresholds. The proposed amendment does not add new duties and sets a four-day public-consultation window, signalling the government’s desire for rapid implementation—possibly as early as June. While the change targets goods rather than people, it will ease border formalities for thousands of micro businesses whose owners often combine trading with seasonal work or family visits abroad, blurring the line between passenger and cargo traffic. Corporate customs teams should review whether consolidated shipments that include micro-entrepreneurs’ parcels might lose simplified-clearance eligibility once the carve-out takes effect.
