Abstract
New Art. 14 § 1b of the Code of Administrative Procedure has been in operation since 5 October 2021. It introduced a new general rule according to which matters can be settled with the use of automatically generated submissions bearing a qualified electronic seal of a public administration authority. The text presents the contents of the rule laid down in that provision and problems as regards its application, especially those associated with the requirements for automated decisions provided for in personal data protection regulations. As a result of the analysis it has been found that this provision cannot serve as a legal basis for automatic decision-making but is merely a directional principle.