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Register of beneficial owners in 2023
During the last year, there were again significant changes in the field of register of beneficial owners. The obligation to actively identify and register data on persons, who in fact own or control legal entities and other legal arrangements, is relatively new in the Czech legal system. Due to the absence of historically tested national regulation and …
Read moreEnergy price caps and related support programs
Based on the Government Decree of 14 December 2022, with effect from 1 January 2023, the electricity and gas prices for large industrial companies and other companies not previously covered by the earlier Government Decree of 5 October 2022 were capped. With effect from 1 January 2023, large companies will pay the same maximum amounts …
Read moreSometimes illegal labelling of alternative products of plant origin
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as “MZe”) and the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (hereinafter referred to as “SZPI”) draw attention to the need to comply with the requirements of legal regulations in the field of food labelling in connection with unwanted labelling of plant products with names …
Read moreAmendment to the Copyright Act
Today, an amendment to Act No. 121/2000 Coll., on copyright and rights related to copyright, was published in the Collection of Laws (hereinafter referred to as the “Copyright Act” and the “Amendment”). The Amendment implements Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and …
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