Article 4. The provisions of Article 143 shall not apply to the performance of
telecommunications activities and the use of radio equipment by:
1) organisational sections and organisational units subordinate to the Minister of National
Defence or supervised by him/her, organisational sections and organisational units
subordinate to the Minister competent for public administration or supervised by him/her and
authorities and organisational units supervised by or subordinate to the Minister competent for
internal affairs – for their own needs;
2) organisational sections and organisational units subordinate to the Minister competent for
public administration or supervised by him/her, authorities and organisational units
subordinate to the Minister competent for internal affairs and organisational units of the
Internal Security Agency in relation to the telecommunications network operated by those
authorities and units for the needs of the Chancellery of the President, the Chancellery of
Sejm, the Chancellery of the Senate and government administration;
3) foreign armed forces units and organisational units of other foreign authorities which
temporarily reside in the territory of the Republic of Poland on the basis of agreements to
which the Republic of Poland is a party – for the duration of their stay;
4) organisational units of the Internal Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Agency and the
Central Anti-Corruption Bureau – for their own needs;
5) organisational units subordinate to the Minister competent for foreign affairs – for their
own needs;
6) diplomatic missions, consular offices, foreign special missions and international
organisations representations which exercise the privileges and immunities on the basis of
acts, international agreements and practices, and which are seated in the territory of the
Republic of Poland – only within the scope related to the diplomatic activities of these entities
and subject to agreement referred to in Article 148b;
7) organisational units of the Penitentiary Service – for their own needs;
8) organisational units of National Revenue Administration – for their own needs.
Article 5. 1. The Minister of National Defence and the Minister competent for internal affairs,
in agreement with the Minister competent for digitalization may specify, within the limits of
their competence, by means of an ordinance, detailed conditions for the performance of
telecommunications activities, referred to in Article 4 (1) and (3), and also for the use of radio
equipment by subordinate, supervised and submitted authorities and organisational units and
units referred to in Article 4 (3), taking account of the scope of tasks performed by those
authorities and units.
2. The Prime Minister may specify, by means of an ordinance, detailed principles for the
performance of telecommunications activities as well as for the use of radio equipment by
organisational units of the Internal Security Agency and Foreign Intelligence Agency, taking
account of the scope of tasks performed by those units.
2a. The Prime Minister may specify, by means of an ordinance, detailed principles for the
performance of telecommunications activities as well as for the use of radio equipment by
organisational units of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, taking account of the scope of
tasks performed by those units.
3. The Minister competent for public finance, in agreement with the Minister competent for
digitalization, may specify, by means of an ordinance, detailed principles for the performance
of telecommunications activities as well as for the use of radio equipment by organisational
units of National Revenue Administration, taking account of the scope of tasks performed by
those units.
4. The Prime Minister may specify, by means of an ordinance, detailed conditions for the
performance of telecommunications activities by authorities and organisational units