Published : 2026-02-18

Administrative monetary penalty for the failure of an investor to comply with investor obligations

(Commentary on the judgment of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw of 22 August 2023, VI SA/Wa 8176/22)

Abstract

This publication is devoted to an analysis of the provisions of the Banking Law Act which constitute the legal basis for the Financial Supervision Authority to impose an administrative fine on an investor who has committed an administrative offence in the form of failure to comply with investor obligations. This issue is of significant importance to domestic entities, which often act as so-called reference shareholders of domestic banks. It is worth noting that the Financial Supervision Authority is aware that investor obligations incurred before 21 April 2018 are in fact unenforceable. Regardless of this awareness, the supervisory authority often expects investors in domestic banks to enter into new investor commitments with the domestic bank. For example, an investor may be required to enter into an investment agreement with a domestic bank, under which it undertakes to recapitalise the bank in the event of a threat to its liquidity or solvency.

This publication will contain a detailed analysis – to the extent possible in a scientific publication – of the motives for issuing (a commentary on) the judgment of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw of 22 August 2023 (reference number: VI SA/Wa 8176/22).  The judgment was, it seems, a kind of accelerator for changes in substantive law and for the above-described actions of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. The obvious consequence of this judgment is that the Polish Financial Supervision Authority is fully aware that investor obligations incurred by investors until 21 April 2018 are currently unenforceable. The publication will also include a description and assessment of normative solutions concerning administrative fines imposed by the KNF on investors who fail to comply with their investor obligations.

Keywords:

administrative fine, investor obligation, Polish Financial Supervision Authority, KNF, reference shareholder, administrative sanction, supervision

JEL Codes

K23, K22, K10


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Wajda, P. (2026). Administrative monetary penalty for the failure of an investor to comply with investor obligations: (Commentary on the judgment of the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw of 22 August 2023, VI SA/Wa 8176/22). Safe Bank, 101(4), 82–100. https://doi.org/10.26354/bb.5.4.101.2025

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