The proposal affects the entire energy sector, but it specifically changes the status of electricity generation plants from renewable energy sources put into operation between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2015, as it also contains a comprehensive proposal for changes to be made to Act No 165/2012 Coll. on Supported Energy Sources.
We have provided comprehensive legal advice to domestic investment fund CREDITAS ASSETS on the sale of UK energy company Green Bess Developments developing large-capacity battery storage facilities.
On 1 August 2024, Act No. 230/2024 Coll. came into force (in part).This Act not only amended the Labour Code, but also amended Act No. 251/2005 Coll., on Labour Inspection and Act No. 2/1991 Coll., on Collective Bargaining.
František Čech is a new attorney joining our Prague office since October.
In July this year, the long-awaited major amendment to the Insolvency Act was approved. The final version of the law will come into force on 01.10.2024.
Nařízení Evropského parlamentu a Rady (EU) 2023/988 o obecné bezpečnosti výrobků, o změně nařízení Evropského parlamentu a Rady (EU) č. 1025/2012 a směrnice Evropského parlamentu a Rady (EU) 2020/1828 a o zrušení směrnice Evropského parlamentu a Rady 2001/95/ES a směrnice Rady 87/357/EHS (dále jen „Nařízení“), stanovuje požadavky na bezpečnost výrobků a z toho plynoucí povinnosti a odpovědnost hospodářských subjektů.
We are pleased to announce that Arthur Braun has been recommended again by WWL and is ranked among the top nine competition lawyers in the Czech Republic for 2024!
The draft law, which is to enable the creation of acceleration zones, which we informed you about some time ago here, is heading to the inter-ministerial comment procedure. In early July, a paragraphed version of the government’s draft law on the acceleration of the use of renewable energy sources was published[1] (“RESZ”), which you can read here. Inter-ministerial comment procedure shall be accomplished on July 31st, at the latest.
On 01.07.2024, Act No. 108/2024 Coll. on Consumer Protection and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts came into force.
For some months now (and years after the first announcements by the European Commission and the Czech Antitrust Office), local employers have had to prepare themselves for increased inspections and dawn raids by the antitrust authorities. Clients have already had the first such dawn raids.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has published a new subsidy call offering financial support for the construction of wind power plants in the Czech Republic. The state will provide a total subsidy of CZK 3 billion, with up to CZK 740 million per project (EUR 30 million in the call).
We advised Helanis AG, a Swiss company, on the acquisition of the Schaltag Group, which has more than 250 employees and 11,000 m2 of production space in Switzerland (Effretikon near Zurich), the Czech Republic (Ústí nad Orlicí), Germany (Ravensburg) and Spain (Valladolid).
We provided comprehensive legal advice to the French company LFB SA, which, through its subsidiary Europlasma, acquired the Czech company Amber Plasma, specializing in the opening and operation of plasma collection centers.