On 4 January 2022, the Public Procurement Office responded to the SPZP's request for an opinion on how to apply the civil law institution of remitting direct payments to subcontractors undertaking public works contracts. In its opinion*, the Public Procurement Office (UZP) confirmed that the application of remitting the debt owed to a contractor based on a subcontractor agreement does not conflict with the provisions of Public Procurement Law.

* the text of the PPO's reply is only available in Polish

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