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4 <strong>Poland</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>destination</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>Centers</strong><br />

5 .6 Trójmi<strong>as</strong>to (Tri-city) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />

5 .7 Warszawa (Warsaw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />

5 .8 Wrocław . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />

6 Why <strong>Poland</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>destination</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>Centers</strong> . . . . . 77<br />

7 Legal <strong>as</strong>pects of business operations in <strong>Poland</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

7 .1 Introduction – Polish and EU legal system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

7 .2 Forms of conducting business activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

7 .2 .1 Freedom of economic activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

7 .2 .2 Forms of conducting economic activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />

7 .2 .3 Incorporation of a company with <strong>for</strong>eign participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

7 .2 .4 Participation in an existing company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

7 .2 .5 Branches and Representative Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

7 .3 Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />

7 .3 .1 General remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />

7 .3 .2 Acquisition of real estate by <strong>for</strong>eigners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />

7 .4 Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />

7 .4 .1 Polish law of contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />

7 .5 Foreign exchange law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />

7 .6 Labor regulations (<strong>for</strong>ms of employment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />

7 .6 .1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />

7 .6 .2 Employment Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />

7 .6 .3 Major rules and regulations of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87<br />

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