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Tax Package at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
As we have informed you in our previous articles, during the approval process of the Tax Package for 2021 (amendment of the Income Taxes Act as of 1. 1. 2021), doubts arose as to whether the legislative process took place in a constitutionally prescribed manner. Now, a group of senators asked the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic to review the constitutionality of the Act’s approval process and proposed it be abolished. According to the Constitution of the Czech Republic, the Constitutional Court can decide on the abolishment of an act should it be contrary to the constitutional order.
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Czech Supreme Court confirms that a new warranty period does not start in case of warranty replacements
Unlike the “old” Civil Code, the “new” Civil Code does not stipulate that in B2C relations a new warranty period is granted if a defective item is replaced by a new product within a warranty period. Legal doctrine interprets that the rule from the “old” Civil Code is not applicable in the new regime, and that a new warranty period is not provided in case of replacement of a defective product within the 24-month warranty period. The seller is only obliged to ensure that a consumer can use a defect-free product for 24 months.
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Czech DPA published model documentation for mandatory testing
In connection with the extension of mandatory employee COVID-19 testing to all employers, the Czech Data Protection Authority (DPA) finally responded and significantly complemented its previous statement from the beginning of March on the related obligations of employers from the GDPR point of view.
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