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- March 5, 2024Third-country nationals with a temporary residence permit in Lithuania cannot be posted to Germany without further ado.
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- November 4, 2022Amendments concerning the calculation of contributions due to the Environmental Fund for packaging, packaging waste and used tyres, the limitation…
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- October 19, 2022Decision of the Supreme Court on the question of whose knowledge is relevant with regard to the factual circumstances of…
- October 5, 2022The State Labour Inspectorate (SLI) has published the semi-annual report on the activities of the Labour Dispute Commissions (LDC) for…
- October 4, 2022On 20 August 2021, a reform of the German Nationality Act (amending Sec. 5 and Sec. 15 StAG) came into…
- September 21, 2022The electronic cigarette is a device that continues to grow in popularity among consumers in Romania, mainly as a result…
- September 14, 2022The first part of the legislative package came into force on 1 August 2022. Others will follow in the coming…
- September 7, 2022Since 1 August 2022, employees from third countries can once again be hired as temporary employees in Lithuanian companies.
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- July 20, 2022From 01 August 2022 there will be the possibility to establish GmbHs in Germany online without visiting a notary on…
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- June 21, 2022In 2022, the road tax was supposed to remain unchanged; however, due to the sharp increase in fuel prices, advance…
- June 15, 2022That is the question we are often asked by our clients. Therefore, in the following, we will comparatively present the…
- May 18, 2022Hungary: recommendation by the Public Procurement Authority to mitigate the risks of war in public works contracts The Russian-Ukrainian war…
- May 15, 2022Poland: The President has signed the Act on Medical Devices, coming into force on 26.05.2022.
- April 26, 2022The finance administration has posted an Online Bulletin on Cryptocurrencies on its website, seeking to familiarize taxable persons with their…
- April 26, 2022According to the Supreme Court, the status of employees deserves special protection also within the context of direct liability for…
- March 29, 2022The Supreme Court has taken the view that it is possible to cancel a lease contract in accordance with the…
- March 25, 2022Due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the European Union has – for the first time ever since 2001 –…
- March 10, 2022Main amendments to the legal guarantee of conformity and commercial guarantees in consumer sales contracts
- February 23, 2022An ongoing GDPR case in Finland will set a precedent on insurance companies’ ability to access patient data to investigate…
- February 22, 2022On 20 January 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down a judgment in response to a request…
- February 11, 2022On 1 January 2022, after a 2-year delay, the first part of the Lithuanian transparency register was activated. Initially, Lithuanian…
- January 31, 2022Poland: On 1 January 2022, an amendment to the Accounting Act entered into force, simplifying the rules for signing financial…
- January 25, 2022Brexit has had surprising consequences in matters no one previously thought of. It has come to light that Czechoslovak Jewish…
- January 25, 2022The Czech government, working in tandem with the Czech Statistical Office, the Finance Ministry, and the Customs Administration, has managed…
- January 25, 2022Effective as of 1 January 2022, the base rate for the minimum wage rises by CZK 1,000 per month to…
- January 25, 2022The Supreme Court of Lithuania has ruled on the division of competences between the managing director and the general meeting…
- January 21, 2022We often tend to find any resemblance of the animal kingdom to Homo Sapiens to be hilarious: a parrot reproducing…
- January 17, 2022Bulgaria: Deadline for the submission of the yearly profit tax return prolonged for good
- January 11, 2022New legislative amendment criminalizes non-payment of state taxes within 60 days as from the due date
- January 7, 2022Amendments to the Labour Code stipulate that wage-related payments must be made only to the employee’s account.
- January 1, 2022From 1 January 2022, the new version of the Tax Code applies
- November 29, 2021Payments via cashless transfer may have become the utterly mundane standard, but the devil is in the detail, so it’s…
- November 24, 2021Temporary provision of services in another member state is possible with a so-called Vander-Elst visa.
- November 12, 2021From 15 November 2021 provisions aimed at data protection come into legal force in Belarus
- November 11, 2021Remedial procedure for compliance with legal requirements and maintenance of construction works executed without a building permit
- October 27, 2021Effective as of August 2021, the Aliens Residence Act of the Czech Republic (Act No. 326/1999 Coll.) has undergone far-reaching…
- October 27, 2021As of 1 January 2022, paid paternity leave will be extended from previously 7 days to newly 14 days.
- October 26, 2021On October 11 2021, the Senate, as the first chamber of the Parliament, adopted Law No. 353 on the management…
- September 28, 2021Hungary: a central register of ultimate beneficial owners is established
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- September 17, 2021The state may not use telecoms data to the same extent as before to solve crimes Estonia’s Supreme Court has…
- September 15, 2021Poland: German minimum wage mandatory for Eastern European care workers in Germany Care workers for elderly people in Germany are often…
- August 31, 2021In July 2021, the house of deputies gave the definite green light to raising the tax allowance for parents of…
- August 31, 2021Better late than never. German citizenship as an act of reparation – broad liberalization of the German Citizenship Act comes…
- August 4, 2021New amendments to the Law on Insolvency of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania strengthen the restructuring possibilities for…
- August 3, 2021The new Residential Rent Law aims at ensuring a fair balance between the interests of tenants and landlords. The new…
- July 15, 2021Acquisition by prescription can be a practical means of acquiring the right of ownership or other rights, such as a…
- July 14, 2021Poland: The recent amendment to the National Court Register Act facilitates communication and document exchange with the register courts. From…
- July 6, 2021From 9 July 2021, in addition to other changes, residents have to register currency agreements with non-residents. Registration of currency…
- May 25, 2021The Prague High Court has confirmed that a court-appointed liquidator may be removed by the court also for other reasons…
- May 12, 2021New State Employee Lobbying Guidelines Lobbying and active participation by interest groups are part of democratic decision-making. Lobbying is direct…
- April 16, 2021In Germany, a liberalization of the Citizenship law is planned this year. In Austria, since September 2020 more than 15.000…
- April 15, 2021The inconvenient ban on debt-to-equity swaps is finally lifted in Belarus. The inconvenient ban on debt-to-equity swaps is finally lifted…
- April 12, 2021Businesses with cosmetic products, nutritional supplements and foodstuffs containing CBD in Slovakia The Slovak parliament has finally approved removal of…
- April 7, 2021On 1 July 2021 Amendments to the Law of Notariats will enter into force in Lithuania, allowing many notarial acts…
- March 25, 2021On 10 November 2021 EU Regulation 2020/1503 comes into force, bringing substantial changes to the crowdfunding sector by ensuring application…
- March 15, 2021Recent changes in the Labour Law: posted workers’ rights are strengthened following implementation of EU Directive On 5 January 2021, changes in…
- February 19, 2021On 08.02.2021, Detailed Rules on applying title I of Law no. 17/2014 on measures to regulate the sale of agricultural…
- February 9, 2021Since Regulation (EU) 2016 / 1191 came into force exactly two years ago (see our article: “(Partial) abolition of the…
- November 18, 2020New law simplifies transfer of shares in limited liability companies and registration with the Trade Registry Based on the…
- October 26, 2020Electronic Archiving of Documents by Companies in Their Own Name Today, companies increasingly favour the use of documents in electronic…
- October 26, 2020The Czech ministry of finance has been preparing a draft bill which abolishes the concept of the super-gross wage. This…
- October 6, 2020Some want to escape the consequences of Brexit, others feel compelled by Trump to leave the U.S., yet others would…
- October 6, 2020Some want to escape the consequences of Brexit, others feel compelled by Trump to leave the U.S., yet others would…
- September 15, 2020Germany: Provision in the Employment Regulation opens up new possibilities for the employment of drivers from non-EU countries In the course…
- September 10, 2020In a recent decision, the Czech Supreme Court concluded that the variety of socioeconomic conditions across the various regions of…
- August 20, 2020This article is providing a brief analysis of the amendments of Law No. 17/2014. Law No. 175/2020 on amending and…
- August 6, 2020Amendment to Electronic Communications Act makes change of mobile network operator significantly easier As a consequence of a reform of…
- July 28, 2020This memorandum aims to provide a brief analysis of the legal implications of discounted sales and loss sales. 1.…
- July 20, 2020Germany: Court decides that municipality may request documents to check whether a pre-emption right exists Under German law, a…
- July 7, 2020For the first time since the introduction of Article 59 of the Labour Code, the Supreme Court is dealing with…
- June 30, 2020In June 2020, the CJEU ruled that free samples of prescription-only medicines cannot be distributed to pharmacists. However, national pharma…
- June 30, 2020With its judgment of May 20, 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court gave the Federal Office of Administration, but also the…
- May 13, 2020From 12 July 2020, the so-called P2B Regulation will also apply in Lithuania. Providers must prepare themselves for this. Regulation…
- May 5, 2020Enforcing bank guarantee letter on failure to pay rent during the state of emergency Some measures adopted during the…
- April 24, 2020A functioning transparency register is still not yet operational. An overview of what should nevertheless already be done. Following implementation…
- April 3, 20201 April 2020: In cases where the origin of a food product is indicated the origin of primary ingredients must…
- March 11, 2020In September 2019, simplified conditions were introduced for emigrants and their descendants to acquire Czech citizenship by naturalization (amendment 207/2019…
- March 8, 2020New Lithuanian model on compensation of damages – compensation for pain and suffering and changes for health care professionals and…
- March 6, 2020New Lithuanian model on compensation of damages leaves the fault of physicians out of consideration. 1. In the past claims…
- February 24, 2020Are you aware of the latest restriction on the deductibility of borrowing costs? On 1 April 2019, Act No. 80/2019…
- February 24, 2020Will the new law really contribute to improving the services of Czech realtors and the protection of their clients? Following years…
- February 17, 2020Alcoholic beverages may be sold in Lithuania only at certain times of day. For months, a Lithuanian company cleverly exploited…
- February 7, 2020From advertising bans to conscience clauses – the abortion law within the EU shows some enormous differences. Medical professionals who…
- February 7, 2020An UG can also be registered as a “Holding” if no holding structure exists at the time of registration. The…
- February 7, 2020From advertising bans to conscience clauses – the abortion law within the EU shows some enormous differences. Medical professionals who…
- February 3, 2020Invalid agreements of GmbH managing directors are treated according to the principles of defective employment relationships. When concluding a…
- January 10, 2020In 2020, employee capital plans (PPK) will be implemented in Poland in companies employing less than 250 people. A PPK is…
- January 9, 2020On 1 January 2020, new tax rules on daily allowances came into force. Does this simply make secondments more expensive?…
- December 17, 2019Poland: UBO Register finally up and running, deadlines pending On 13 October 2019 regulations concerning the functioning of the ultimate beneficial owner…
- December 2, 2019Reprocessing of single-use medical devices in the EU Before we start dealing with the topic of reusing single-use medical devices…
- November 18, 2019The matter of a European Certificate of Succession issued in Germany has not yet been resolved and, unfortunately, the Czech Land…
- November 12, 2019A brief summary on what to watch out for and when to contact your employment law attorney Almost all…
- November 8, 2019Bulgaria: Digitalization of tourism services reporting The National Tourism Register has existed within the Ministry of Tourism in Bulgaria since…
- October 21, 2019As of 1 November 2019, foreign addresses of expatriate Germans may be entered in their identity cards… The article is…
- October 18, 2019New decrees by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior make amends for Nazi injustice. Through two decrees which came…
- September 16, 2019The Czech Ministry of Finance is working on an amendment to the Income Tax Act, which should, inter alia, enable…
- September 3, 2019Our bnt attorneys in CEE team consisting of partners Margareta Sovova, Jan Burmeister and Jan Safranek are ready to meet,…
- July 31, 2019Poland: Entry into force of new law on public documents raises concern among companies processing personal data. The Act on Public…
- July 22, 2019The ECJ has ruled that the planned car toll in Germany discriminates against foreign drivers and violates EU law. On…
- May 7, 2019Germany: Issue of an A1 requires “legal residency” in the EU, but this need not be permanent. Employee mobility…
- April 24, 2019Effective as of 16 February 2019, certain public documents no longer need to be furnished with apostille within EU. On…
- March 14, 2019A summary of the most important duties of the Hungarian employer Posting of workers inside the EU is – apart…
- March 4, 2019As of November 1, 2018, the law introduces the terms “garage in a residential building” and “parking space in a…
- February 26, 2019Poland: Digitalisation of personal files and new shorter deadlines for storage and destruction of personal files As of January 2019,…
- November 9, 2018In the Czech Republic, doctor’s visits qualify as an obstacle to work on the part of the employee who, to…
- October 23, 2018In June, a so-called tax package was adopted, with approved changes to the VAT Act in force from 1/1/2019. The…
- September 17, 2018As of August this year, Airbnb operators will become subject to more stringent checks and audits by the fiscal authorities.…
- September 17, 2018Employers must at all times observe the statutory periods for the archiving and destruction of documents. In this article, we…
- May 28, 2018Notarial records in which the debtor agrees to direct enforceability are a popular instrument among creditors which improves the recoverability…
- May 28, 2018As soon as the fiscal year is out and has been closed in accounting and tax reporting terms, one may…
- May 16, 2018EAEU-level registration opens new possibilities in the single market for medicines. The first applications have been filed for registration of…
- April 3, 2018Central and Eastern Europe. In most countries in the region where the law firm bnt attorneys in CEE is represented,…
- March 21, 2018Presidential Decree no 8 of December 21, 2017 “On development of the digital economy” introduces significant improvements for development of…
- March 13, 2018Lithuania: Criteria for establishing liability in the practice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania Author: Roberta Palčiauskaitė (internship at bnt…
- February 12, 2018State health care organizations in Belarus (the procuring entity) carry out procurements of medical equipment and medical supplies (“medical devices“)…
- January 9, 2018Recourse liability along the supply chain will be extended due to implementation of European case law in the area of…
- January 8, 2018From 1 January 2018, legal entities and trust funds must reveal their beneficial owner in a new transparency register. As…
- November 13, 2017Call-out service: on an hourly or daily basis? What do Lithuanian employers need to be aware of? The new Labour…
- August 31, 2017The upper limit on cash payments remains at BGN 10,000 (approx. 5,000 Euro) Not a single national government has to…
- July 17, 2017Interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. An amendment to the Act on…
- July 13, 2017Drivers’ weekly rest period of 45 hours must soon be spent elsewhere than in the truck. The Advocate General of…
- June 27, 2017How to treat overdue receivables in bookkeeping? A frequent occurrence in business dealings are receivables which remain unpaid long after…
- January 6, 2017Latvia: Renovation works of the historically renowned sanatorium located in Kemeri to be completed by 2019. Representatives of Jurmala City…
- October 5, 2016Belarus: Belarus may accede to the automatic exchange of tax information in the next few years. At the moment, three models…
- June 24, 2016Czech Republic: In the opinion of the Advocate General, the VAT registration number ought to be considered a formal requirement…
- January 14, 2016Czech Republic: A government decree has come into force which defines the terms “standard maintenance” and “minor repairs” in connection…
- November 10, 2015Under Sec. 386 Commercial Code it is impossible to waive a claim for damages in advance, before violation of an…
- November 10, 2015Belarus: A Sanitary and Hygienic Certificate should be obtained for certain categories of foreign-made goods. Resolution of the Belarus Council…
- July 15, 2015Changes in corporate law From 01.01.2016 a company will be deemed “in crisis” when insolvent or when the rate between…
- June 30, 2015Estonia: Building Code gathers building regulation into one place. Estonia‘s new Building Code enters into force on July 1, 2015. The…
- May 20, 2015Czech Republic: The new Civil Code has introduced a number of changes related to security deposits The security deposit (now…
- April 8, 2015Czech Republic: The variable-capital joint-stock company ought to encourage investors One of the novel concepts that have been added to…
- February 18, 2015Czech Republic: As of 2015, Interest-free loans will have an income tax impact on the level of the borrower (irrespective…
- January 20, 2015Czech Republic: “Shifting” money within a group of companies may trigger notification duties towards the Czech National Bank Cash pooling…
- November 14, 2014Poland: Significant changes for professional manufacturers, sellers, contractors and building companies! As of 25 December 2014 Poland begins implementing the EU…
- October 24, 2014Germany: New minimum wage act sets lowest hourly remuneration for workers at Euro 8.50 from 1 January 2015. Among EU…
- July 30, 2014Czech Republic: Health and social insurance premiums, income tax payments, and the claim for unemployment benefits Employees are entitled to…
- April 25, 2014Lithuania: Even though a new EU funding period began, some undisclosed tax-related problems still remain, e. g. deduction of input…
- April 23, 2014Czech Republic: As of 1 January 2014, limited liability companies and joint-stock companies are no longer obliged to create a statutory reserve.…
- March 27, 2014Latvia: The struggle by the Parliament and the courts against onerous and disproportionate contractual penalties was a feature of 2013;…
- March 18, 2014Czech Republic: As of 1 January 2014, legal entities may serve as elected members of corporate bodies The new civil…
- March 18, 2014Czech Republic: The New Civil Code has brought a number of changes The indemnity rules contained in the new Czech…
- March 12, 2014Poland: From 1 April 2014 new rules enter into force for deduction of VAT on purchase of a motor vehicle.…
- January 29, 2014Belarus: From 1 January 2014 ordinary and commercial courts will be merged into a single system of courts of general…
- January 22, 2014Czech Republic: Effective as of 1 January 2014, a series of laws amended the Income Tax Act (Act No. 586/1992…
- January 21, 2014Latvia: On 1 May 2014, new rules on acquisition of agricultural land in Latvia will come into force. On 1 May 2014, new rules…
- December 16, 2013Czech Republic: As of 1 January 2014, two distinct legal relationships will define the manner in which the owner of…
- December 2, 2013Estonia: All Estonian laws will soon be available in English online All Estonian laws will soon be available in English…
