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Municipalities are required to organise the collection of municipal waste from property owners where residents live. Amendments to the Act of 13 September 1996 on maintaining cleanliness and order in municipalities, which entered into force on 1 January 2012, made changes to the business responsible for collecting and transporting waste from property owners and the emptying of septic tanks and transportation of liquid waste. The amendment of the law replaced the requirement to register regulated activity only for businesses engaged in activities related to the collection of waste but left alone the required licensing of companies engaged in emptying septic tanks and transporting liquid waste. This decision is questionable from the point of view of the principle of proportionality in restricting the freedom of economic activity.