Abstract

Following the October 2024 judgment of the Court of Justice in the ‘Kolin case’, a wave of information swept through the Polish media that the judgment would underpin the decision of contracting authorities to exclude entities from third countries with which the European Union has not signed trade agreements (for example, GPA agreements) from the European public procurement market. A detailed analysis of the theses of the judgment and the information issued by the Public Procurement Office in its wake raises many doubts as to whether the anticipated effect will actually occur, or whether it will be as easy to achieve as initially assumed.