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In one of the last sessions convened before the expiry of three
Competition Council members' mandates, the Competition Agency terminated the
proceedings against undertakings operating in the dairy products market on the
grounds that there were no longer any legal grounds for further conduct. read more...
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The New Czech Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012, Coll., the Civil Code) will
become effective as of 1 January 2014 and will practically rebuild the
entire area of civil law in the Czech Republic.
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On 21 November 2013, the new Polish act on special solutions
related to workplace protection will come into force (the so-called "new
anticrisis act", hereafter "Act"). The main purpose of the Act is to provide
financial aid to those employers whose conditions of conducting business
activity have temporarily deteriorated in order to protect the workplaces of
the employees. read more...
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On 5 November 2013, the EU Commission published its long-awaited
Guidance to Member States on state intervention in electricity markets. read more...
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Under the existing system in Austria, legal review against
decisions and acts of authorities is normally granted by one or more - higher
ranked - authorities. Only afterwards do the legal subjects have access to the
Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) or the Supreme Administrative
Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof), both of which are restricted in their power to
scrutinize the contested administrative decisions.
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The Hungarian competition act currently deviates from the EU
competition law regime in several noteworthy aspects. However, Hungary is about
to take a further step to bring its rules in line with EU rules.
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Employee's mobility is on many employers' agenda for a wide
number of reasons, including limited qualified resources and a need to access
new labour markets, requirements for experience exchange, focus on encouraging
cultural diversity, exposure to the global market, and entering new
territories. read more...
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The reverse charge mechanism is a means by which, in certain
circumstances, the liability to charge VAT on a particular transaction shifts
from the supplier to the beneficiary. In most of the cases, this liability
arises at the same time as the beneficiary's right to claim input VAT credit
for the same amount of VAT. read more...
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On 1 November 2013, the new Slovak act on the electronic
performance of powers of public authorities - the Act on e-Government [1]
("Act") - will come into force. As the general legislation for the entire
public administration, judiciary included, the Act brings new ways of
exercising public authority electronically and introduces electronic delivery,
guaranteed conversion of documents, and electronic payment of all
administrative and court fees. Nevertheless, these fundamental changes will be
implemented gradually. read more...
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Just recently, media around the world reported about the Spanish
football club Real Madrid spending the incredible sum of EUR 100 million to
acquire the Welsh midfield star Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur. This caused
a flurry of excitement and many people were left wondering whether it is
justifiable to spend such amounts on a single human being playing football.
However, one has to bear in mind that football has become an entertainment
industry and that clubs like Real Madrid are in fact not only acquiring further
employees, but also brands with great advertising values. Such advertising
values may be comprehensively exploited eg by means of Personality
Merchandising. read more...
