TY - JOUR TI - Transposition of the directive establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning into the Polish legal order (main aspects and key solutions) AU - Bakowski, T AU - Nawrot, J T2 - Marine Policy AB - Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning, adopted on the July 23, 2014, imposes on the coastal EU Member States an obligation to develop spatial development plans of marine areas, in conformity with the objectives and guidelines set therein. March 31, 2021 is the deadline for the directive implementation, however States were expected to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to develop the plans by September 18, 2016.This paper presents the Polish legislation concerning maritime spatial planning and is also an attempt to asses the solutions adopted so far by the Polish legislator as well as indicate possible consequences of the taken legislative decisions, taking into account the whole legal system and the possibility of judicial review of adopted spatial development plans of sea areas. DA - 2020/07// PY - 2020 VL - 117 SP - 103946 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X19303276 DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103946 LA - English KW - Marine Energy KW - Wind Energy KW - Fixed Offshore Wind KW - Human Dimensions KW - Legal & Policy KW - Marine Spatial Planning ER -