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Are environmental groups in the Czech Republic finally excluded from participation in zoning and building permitting proceedings once and for all?
Effective as of 1 January 2018, an amendment to the Nature and Landscape Conservation Act of 2017 barred environmental groups from participation in zoning and building permitting procedures. After almost four years, the Constitutional Court has now upheld this law as being constitutional. The decision by the Constitutional Court thus
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Czech nationalism and the common European market: Are we facing a bleak future of supermarket shelves exclusively given over to Czech (and Moravian) food?
An amendment to the Czech Food and Tobacco Act may lead to a compulsory quota of 55% Czech food products as of 2022, which is slated to increase to 73% by 2028. On 20 January 2021, the Lower House of the Czech Parliament – the Chamber of Deputies – passed
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New rules for the electronic filing of tax returns in the Czech Republic
An amendment to the General Fiscal Code extends the deadline for filing one’s tax return in case the taxpayers file their tax return electronically. An amendment to the General Fiscal Code has extended the deadline for filing one’s tax return, provided the taxpayers file electronically. Section 136 (2) of the
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On the mutual right of first refusal of owners of buildings and of the land underneath such buildings in the Czech Republic
In a number of rulings, the Czech Supreme Court has clarified the rules for, and the limits of application of, the the mutual right of first refusal of owners of buildings and of the land underneath such buildings. The current Civil Code has reintroduced a legal principle to Czech law
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New holding law in Poland
Poland: Interests and relationships in a holding company, i.e. in a group of companies within the meaning of the new legislation, are to be given a legal framework. For several months now, work has been going on in Poland to introduce into the Polish system provisions on holding law, i.e. the