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Basic facts on Marine Waters
Maritime Spatial Plan(s)
Status: Adopted
Poland adopted its maritime spatial plan for the internal marine waters, the territorial sea and the Exclusive Economic Zone at a scale of 1: 200,000 through the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of April 14, 2021 (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 935). The regulation entered into force on May 22, 2021.
The maritime spatial planning process in Poland is divided into the following plans:
- Maritime spatial plans for Polish Sea Areas at a scale of 1:200 000
- Maritime spatial plans for Szczeciński Lagoon and Kamieński Lagoon
- Maritime spatial plans for Vistula Lagoon
- Maritime spatial plans for port area waters
- Detailed plans for selected areas covered by the maritime spatial plan for Polish Sea Areas at a scale of 1:200 000
Poland’s plans and related information are available here (in English)
The Geographical Information System (GIS) for the Polish MSP is available here
Latest MSP development
Poland is in the process of implementing its maritime spatial plan.
Next steps
Poland will soon launch offshore wind farm licensing procedures and auctions.
For more information please click here
MSP legislation
The main legal act for Maritime Spatial Planning is the “Act on marine areas of the Republic of Poland and the maritime administration” dated 1 March 1991. The Act was amended on 5 August 2015 in order to transpose the EU MSP Directive into national legislation.
The MSP regulation applies to all Polish sea areas (internal sea waters, territorial sea and EEZ). The “Ministerial regulation concerning maritime spatial plans of Polish sea area." adopted in 2013 was valid until 2017 when it was repealed and replace by the Ministerial Regulation on the required scope of spatial development plans for internal sea waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. The “Act on access to information on environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment” is also relevant for MSP as it stipulates that all spatial plans are subject to the SEA procedure..
National MSP authority
Poland's competent authority for MSP is the SekretariatDGM
mgm.gov.pl (Ministry of Infrastructure)
Contacts:
Ministry of Infrastructure
Mr. Kamil Rybka
Head of Sustainable Maritime Development Unit
Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation Department
ul. Nowy Świat 6/12
00-400 Warszawa, Poland
Phone: +48 22 583 55 68
kamil.rybkami.gov.pl (kamil[dot]rybka[at]mi[dot]gov[dot]pl)
Maritime Office in Gdynia
Mrs. Małgorzata Gwara
Officer for Maritime Spatial Planning
ul. Chrzanowskiego 10, 81-338 Gdynia, Poland
Phone: +48 58 355 34 36
E-mail: malgorzata.gwaraumgdy.gov.pl (malgorzata[dot]gwara[at]umgdy[dot]gov[dot]pl)
Maritime Office in Szczecin
pl. Batorego 4, 70-207 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: +48 91 44 03 400
E-mail: sekretariatums.gov.pl (sekretariat[at]ums[dot]gov[dot]pl)
For more information
For more information regarding the evolution of the MSP process in Poland please see the dedicated country profile below.