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Poland: Equivalent to written form, though less formal, document form will make conclusion of contracts easier. The upcoming amendment to the Civil Code reacts to the fact that different forms of electronic communication are nowadays of paramount significance and countless declarations of will are being transmitted this way. This kind

Germany: When setting the composition of a supervisory board, employees of foreign daughter companies must be taken into account. Under German law, employees must send representatives to the supervisory board if a company has a certain number of employees. If the number of regular employees is more than 500, then

Hungary: Energy Efficiency Directive implemented in Hungarian legislation. Energy efficiency targets of EU The aim of the Energy Efficiency Directive is to establish a common legal framework to promote energy efficiency within the European Union. This means achieving the Union’s energy efficiency target of

Estonia: Changes to the Public Procurement Act will solve many practical public procurement issues. In 2014, the European Parliament adopted three new public procurement directives. These give Estonia until 18 April 2016 to implement them, so the Ministry of Finance is working on a draft revision of the Public Procurement Act.

Latvia: Changes to Latvian law restrict separate legal ownership of land and buildings. Current Latvian law allows shared property rights in a rather wide sense: buildings and the land under them may have different legal owners. The reason for this rule was uncertainty about ownership of real estate during the