Adoption of acquis communitare in road transport sector concerning the area of social, technical, safety and environmental standards was a necessary condition for the full accession to the UE transport market. Negotiations concerning “Transport Policy” started in November 1999, and ended up in July 2002. During those 3 years, process of restructuring and privatization of the biggest Polish transport companies, such as PLL LOT, PKP and PKS was discussed.
However, taking into consideration that legal changes are just one side of the story, authors will concentrate in this paper on the following research question:“To which extent those legal changes have affected the functioning of transport companies in Poland?”
Data/methods

The analysis will concentrate on the aspects of the transposition of European law into legal system of member countries. In case of Poland it created the necessity for an amendment to the current law regulations, but in most of the cases it meant the necessity to pass new bills and/or to modify the executory provisions.
Law adjustments consist of three main elements:
§               Altering or passing new laws
§               Ensuring appropriate institutions and financial means to implement new regulations.
§               Ensuring indispensable means of law control and enforcing instruments.
Results

Possible results will show the present legislations under which the transport companies in Poland are operating. After accession to the European Union new possibilities to receive external financial resources arrived. These financial resources are mainly dedicated to supporting development of transport sector. The possible access to the European Common Market enabled the free movement of goods, capital and people. These process facilitated the necessity for the further development of transport services.