Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency
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Next step for a whistleblowing regulation in the Czech Republic
The Czech Government introduced a new draft legislation transposing the EU Whistleblower Directive. The current proposal, which is the second draft, will probably be amended again during the legislative procedure. Legal professionals fear that the Czech Parliament will not be able to pass the bill within the transposition period as parliamentary elections are scheduled for October 2021.
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The Act on screening foreign investments entered into force in the Czech Republic on February 2021
Act No. 34/2021, on screening foreign investments and the amendment of related acts, entered into force on February 3, 2021 and will take effect on May 1, 2021. The new act is a response to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union. Protection from foreign investments did not apply throughout the entire EU, but many member states, including Germany, Austria, France and Finland, had legislation monitoring foreign investments.
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European Unitary Patent - the dream will (not yet) come true
The implementation of the European Unitary Patent, which, according to the EU Commission, should reduce the costs of inventors for filing a patent by up to EUR 32,000, has been delayed again due to two new constitutional complaints filed with the German Federal Constitutional Court. The court has subsequently asked the German President to wait until the court has decided before signing the act required for the implementation.
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