Kategorie: EU Law
What obligations does the PPWR already impose on businesses, and what changes are still to come?
The European legal framework governing packagings and packaging waste has undergone a fundamental change. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste[1] (hereinafter the “PPWR”), also known as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, has been directly applicable in all Member States of the European Union since …
Read moreAmendment to the Capital Market Undertakings Act – What Will the Listing Act Package Bring?
On 14 July 2026, the Chamber of Deputies discussed, in its first reading, the government bill amending Act No. 256/2004 Coll., on Business Activities on the Capital Market (the “CMUA”)[1], introduced as Parliamentary Print No. 143. The bill represents one of the most extensive revisions of capital market regulation in recent years – alongside the …
Read moreFurther Measures to Implement the EUDR – What Comes Next?
On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a further set of measures aimed at implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (hereinafter the “EUDR”). …
Read moreThe “withdrawal button” as the new standard for online consumer interfaces
Concluding consumer contracts via the internet is now a common part of commercial practice. The online interface enables consumers to conclude a contract within a matter of minutes, usually via a highly automated ordering process. This is precisely why, in recent years, the attention of both EU and Czech legislators has increasingly focused not only …
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