Poland Sejm Passes Sanctions Bill Covering Crypto Freezes

Poland’s Sejm approved the government-backed Act on Restrictive Measures on November 6 by 240 votes to 202, with one abstention. The bill explicitly includes crypto-assets, as defined under the EU’s MiCA regulation, among financial funds that can be frozen under sanctions. The measure expands Poland’s sanctions framework to cover digital assets alongside traditional financial property, while remaining subject to further legislative approval.

Under the bill, freezing financial funds means preventing their movement, transfer, alteration, use, availability or transactions that could change their value, ownership, location or purpose. The framework also broadens national restrictive measures linked to security threats, including certain foreign interference and information manipulation. The explicit inclusion of crypto-assets reduces ambiguity around how sanctions can apply to holdings managed through the wider crypto market.

The legislation is not yet in force. After passing the Sejm, it was transmitted to the Senate for consideration, and any Senate amendments would return to the lower house before the bill could proceed through the remaining constitutional process. The next milestone is therefore Senate review, not immediate implementation of new crypto freezes. Until the legislative process is completed, the expanded sanctions framework has no final legal effect.

Source: Sejm of the Republic of Poland.

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