The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Czech Republic

• Occupational health service – new duties for employers

  The Act No. 373/2011 Sb., on Specific Health Services, became effective on 1 April 2012.
  - WTS Alfery s.r.o.

• Energy Community sets up competition network

  On November 23 2012 a seminar on competition law enforcement in the energy sector held at the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna saw the creation of the Energy Community Competition Network. Competition authorities from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, Kosovo and Armenia, as well as representatives of the Energy Community Secretariat, signed a joint declaration on the etablishment of the network at the Energy Community. 
  - Schönherr

• Prioritisation in competition cases_a step forward

  The forthcoming amendment to the Act on the Protection of Competition will make several changes to Competition Authority practices. Among other things, the amendment will introduce prioritisation into its practices, allowing the authority to decide not to initiate administrative proceedings following certain alleged breaches of the act where those breaches have a minor effect on competition. The authority will also be able to legally prioritise the investigation of some alleged infringements over others.
  - Schönherr

• Czech Republic: Liability for damage caused by construction

  The construction of new buildings or the reconstruction of existing buildings, especially in dense urban areas, is almost always connected with the risk of causing damage to third parties. It is therefore important for the builder (contractor or property developer) as well as subjects exposed to potential damages (especially owners and users of adjoining buildings) to know the statutory conditions of liability for damages and related rights and obligations(1).
  - Schönherr

• Mergers & Acquisitions 2013. Chapter 15: Czech Rep.

  This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of mergers and acquisitions. This article appeared in the 2013 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Mergers & Acquisitions; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. www.iclg.co.uk.
  - Schönherr

• Real Estate 2013. Chapter 12: Czech Republic

  This guide provides the international practitioner and in-house counsel with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of real estate. This article appeared in the 2013 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Real Estate; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. www.iclg.co.uk )
  - Schönherr

• Czech Republic: Mandatory energy performance certificates for buildings in the Czech Republic as...

  of 2013
  - Schönherr

• BID RIGGING OR CARTEL AGREEMENTS OF TENDERERS

  by Kristýna Oberfalcerová, Attorney-at-Law, Randa Havel Legal
  - Randa Havel Legal

• Protection of Lenients and access to file before the Czech Antitrust Office

  by Kristýna Oberfalcerová, Attorney-at-Law, RANDA HAVEL LEGAL
  - Randa Havel Legal

• Czech Republic: Criminal liability of legal entities for money laundering by negligence

  The Czech Republic’s Act No. 253/2008 Coll., on certain measures against money laundering and financing terrorism (the “Act on Money Laundering”) is not a no-velty. Despite this fact, the Act is still neglected and underestimated, even among big corporations.
  - Schönherr