Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

This section details initiatives to make government a competitive advantage. It includes analysis and reports of government initiatives, as well as data on accountability and performance measures.

Spotlight issue

1st November 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Europe’s top court holds that damages arising from a parent company’s infringement of European competition law can also be claimed against its subsidiary

On October 6, 2021, the Grand Chamber of the of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its decision in Case C-882/19 Sumal SL v Mercedes Benz Trucks España, clarifying certain issues related to the imputability of anticompetitive conduct within a group of companies and the related private law consequences.
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22nd October 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Return of employees from abroad

In most cases, employees are not allowed to enter the workplace for a certain period of time after arriving from abroad. At the same time, the Ministry of Labor issued a recommendation for a wage compensation in such a case.
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20th October 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


The biggest amendment on foreclosures in the last 20 years

At least that is how some, especially politicians, refer to the latest amendment to Act No. 120/2001 Coll., on Bailiffs and Enforcement Activity (the Enforcement Code), which was published in the Collection of Laws under No. 286/2021 (the “Amendment”). 
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic