In addition, there are currently no transaction taxes on stock market trading. The rule of free entry and exit exists in Poland in terms of foreign investment. Capital gains can be transferred without obtaining any permission. All operational principles and requirements for admission of companies to be traded on the WSE are established by the State Securities Commission. Exchange transactions are concluded in the order-driven system.
Trading is paperless.
All securities are registered in Central Depository for Securities and investors recieve from their brokers account statements. Introduced in 1999 Future contracts includes contracts on WIG20 index, USD and EURO exchange rate futures contracts. In the future the process of privatisation will include the largest Polish companies, like oil industry, power grid, as well as largest State-owned banks which will result in a substantial increase of the exchange capitalisation. Businesses, which conducts operations in Poland, must adhere to Polish accounting standards. After having been thoroughly modified, these do not substantially differ from international standards.