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One year of GDPR – taking stock of the first fines and penalties in the Czech Republic
25 May marked the first anniversary of the coming into force of GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation), which put into place uniform EU-wide rules for the protection of personal data of natural persons. The Czech Data Protection Office has already imposed a number of fines. On 25 May 2019,
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Are tenants’ claims for a discount on rent in jeopardy after the recent Czech Supreme Court decision?
According to a recent decision by the Czech Supreme Court, a tenant has no claim for a discount on rent if they contributed to the occurrence of the defect (and be it only in parts). Can this controversial decision withstand scrutiny in the light of current law? What are the
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An amendment to the Czech Pharmaceuticals Act seeks to improve the availability of drugs for patients
Will the new law ensure that medicinal products are timely delivered to the pharmacy in which the patient presented their prescription? It is one of the fundamental duties of the state to ensure that quality healthcare is available everywhere within its reach. This also means that medicinal products ("drugs") are
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You should know about these Intrastat changes
A higher threshold as of which Intrastat declarations must be made and a definition of the applicable exchange rate for converting foreign currency are some of major changes that need attention. Effective as of 1 January 2019, Intrastat reporting – which serves to provide statistical data and allows the monitoring
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Class actions will likely find a home in the Czech legal system
Streamlined trials, the fulfillment of the call for procedural economy, the unburdening of overworked courts – in short, an increase of efficiency in the judiciary. This, along with other benefits, is the promise held out by a newly proposed bill for a Class Actions Act. In what follows, we shall