May 2026 – Romania is taking a significant step towards bringing its cookie consent rules into line with the standards established under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...

On 17 June 2018, the long-awaited Law of Ukraine "On Limited and Additional Liability Companies" No. 2275-VIII dated 6 February 2018 came into effect, with the exception of some specific provisions ...

Amendments to Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-ВР of 3 July 1996 (the "Advertising Law") have recently come into force.

The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, in response to the economic impact of the current crisis resulting from the government measures related to the COVID-19 epidemic...

June 2024 – In private companies limited by shares, the most popular form of company established in the Astana International Financial Center ("AIFC") shareholders range...

On 18 August 2022, the President of Ukraine signed the new Law "On Joint Stock Companies" No. 2493 ("the Law"). It will enter into force on 1 January 2023.

May 2018 – The 4th AML Directive (EU Directive 2015/849) has recently been transposed to the Slovak Act on Money Laundering (the "AML Act").

August 2025 – On 6–7 August 2025, a new package of changes to currency restrictions in Ukraine came into force. The National Bank of Ukraine (the "NBU") introduced currency restrictions...

Last week, the European Parliament ("EP") adopted a resolution on online video games (the "Resolution") . In essence, the Resolution calls for strong enforcement of consumer protection rules...

A new law on social dialogue has recently been adopted in Romania, Law No 367/2022 on social dialogue ("Law No. 367/2022"), repealing the previous regulation, Law No. 62/2011.

In 2018, EU institutions adopted Directive no. 2018/131 , aiming to improve the working conditions, health and safety and social protection of workers in the cross-border maritime...

In recent years, the statute of limitations for criminal liability in Romania has been the subject of numerous debates among legal scholars and practitioners.

On 10 January 2025, Order No. 4/2025 came into force, detailing the procedure for the partial removal of land occupied by permanent grasslands from agricultural...

November 2018 – Following the adoption of EU Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market ("PSD2"),

From 5 July 2025, legal services provided by attorneys in the Republic of Serbia are billed in accordance with the new Tariff on Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursements.

This is the first court decision ordering a health insurance company in Slovakia to pay for a medicinal product that is not reimbursed.

From 1 June 2023, the so-called reform of the "judicial map" of Slovakia enters into force, which according to its proponents should bring faster and better decision-making by the courts...

The exchange of information upon request between tax authorities is an important means of promoting transparency and allows tax authorities to obtain information necessary to ensure compliance with tax laws.

July 2025 – An important regulatory development concerning foreign direct investments ("FDI") in Bulgaria is now in place. As of 22 July 2025, the Bulgarian FDI regime became fully applicable.

Our valued clients and industry contacts remained firmly in mind as the Czech Competition team put together this autumn 2025 edition of our Competition Newsletter.