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June 2025 – The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) ("EAA") represents a significant shift in the regulatory landscape for private sector businesses across the European Union.

The EU regulation on the control of foreign subsidies enters into force. The Regulation is intended to provide the EU with a tool to protect the internal market from subsidies provided by third countries.

The Stop-the-Clock Directive (Directive (EU) 2025/794), which postpones the application of certain provisions of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)...

On June 3 2005 Act 216/2005 on the squeeze-out of minority shareholders of joint stock companies took effect. This new law gives majority shareholders of Czech joint stock companies the option of squeezing out minority shareholders against payment of adequate monetary compensation.

The European Commission recently published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. Although the document is non-binding and still open for feedback, the draft guidelines provide the clearest indication to date of how the Commission is likely to interpret one of the most debated aspects of the AI Act in practice: what actually qualifies as a “high-risk AI system”?

A new Civil Code and associated laws will come into effect on 1 January 2014, thus bringing major changes to the conduct of business in the Czech Republic.

As the 6 July 2024 deadline for implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the "CSRD", the "Directive") approaches...

The Chamber of Deputies is currently discussing at first reading a bill on the protection of whistleblowers. This act should implement the European directive on whistleblowing...

On the 16th of April 2008 Act No. 125/2008 Coll., on Transformations of Commercial Companies and Cooperatives, was published in the Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic.

In the fourth and final episode of the "Amendment of the Czech Competition Act in a Nutshell" series, we focus on what the proceedings before the competition authority often end up being, i.e. sanctions and their form.

We present to you the thirty-sixth instalment of our newsletter on events that occurred in the world of competition law in January and February 2023. Regular readers will not be surprised...

As part of the European Commission's agenda to simplify and enhance competitiveness in relation to sustainability reporting obligations under the Corporate...

As Czech employment law can, in general, be described as quite protective of the employee, and the employee is considered the weaker party in the relationship, employers should always act in compliance with the Czech Labour Code ...

November 2024 – The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the "CSRD") required EU member states to complete its transposition by 6 July 2024.

As of 2020, European Union ("EU") Member States are obliged to make details of ultimate beneficial owners ("UBOs") of corporate and other legal entities available to the general public.

The Czech Republic is undergoing a period of transition, marked by a modest economic recovery and a sectoral transformation towards a more diversified and innovation-driven market...