Legal news

Belarus: According to the Belarusian Ministry of Justice, a new service is now offered on the official website of the Uniform State Register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs (USR). The USR website allows a free-of-charge status check on any Belarus-registered legal entity. To use this option, enter in the

Czech Republic: Intergovernmental agreement between Czech Republic and the U.S. to improve tax compliance In August 2014, the Czech Republic and the U.S. executed a FATCA Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act which is U.S. federal law since 2010 seeks to map the income of U.S. persons

Czech Republic: Reviews of public tenders have become more costly In response to new procurement directives (2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU), the ministry for regional development has begun work on an all-new Public Procurement Act. This Act is still in its nascent stage, but the new procurement directives already have manifest impact,

Are contracts in your company signed by the director and the proxy together? German entrepreneurs who are active in Slovakia through their daughter companies often wish this combined “representation” of the company by a director together with the proxy. Both legal systems differentiate between acting on behalf of the company

Czech Republic: German Minimum Wage Act has come into force on 1 January 2015 On 1 January 2015, the German Minimum Wage Act has come into force, introducing an hourly minimum wage of EUR 8.50 for all employees who perform work on German territory (with a few exemptions). A