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According to a statement from the President's Office, the purpose of this law is to express consent for the President of the Republic of Poland to change the scope of the Treaty's applicability by suspending it. The original aim of the Treaty was to reduce offensive conventional armaments of NATO member states and former Warsaw Pact countries, and to maintain them at a specified level. It included commitments concerning five categories of armaments: battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, and attack helicopters.

In response to aggressive actions by the Russian Federation, including full-scale aggression against Ukraine and Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty with effect from November 7, 2023, NATO member states unanimously decided to suspend the Treaty's application. Therefore, the suspension of the Treaty is necessary for reasons of security, defense, and the foreign policy interests of the Republic of Poland.

"This suspension will mean that the Republic of Poland, like other countries that choose to do so, will no longer be obliged to fulfill the Treaty's provisions while remaining formally bound by its terms. The suspension is to be indefinite. The law comes into force on the day following its announcement," the statement emphasized.

In 2007, Vladimir Putin signed a decree suspending Russia's participation in the Treaty; on November 7, 2023, he announced that Russia completely ceased to recognize this Treaty.