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Martina Zímová and Ivo Šimeček published an article on the new block exemption for vertical agreements between undertakings in weekly magazine Ekonom. Pursuant to the applicable Commission Regulation, certain vertical agreements (such as agreements between manufacturers and distributors, franchising agreements, etc.) are permitted subject to their compliance with predefined requirements although each one of them could be considered as illegal and, as such, be banned. This applies to all distribution relationships relative to the sale of goods.

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Václav Rovenský and Tomáš Sequens prepared a chapter focused on the Czech Republic for the international publication Getting the Deal Through – Gas Regulation, 2010 edition; the chapter summarizes legal regulations and conditions for business activities on the gas market in the Czech Republic. The publication was issued by the London based market analysis company Law Business Research Ltd.

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Petra Mirovská and Drahomír Tomašuk contributed on behalf of the Czech Republic to the first issue of the new professional publication International Privacy Guide, printed quarterly by the publishing house West, a Thomson Reuters business. The topic of the first issue of the publication is international transfers of personal data and it includes a basic summary of the legal regulations of 26 countries regarding the transfer of personal data to foreign countries.

The chapter concerning Czech legal regulations can be downloaded here.

Christian Blatchford has contributed an article to the winter 2009 edition of the PPP Bulletin, the quarterly publication of the Public Private Partnership Association in the Czech Republic. The article compares PPP projects with other projects from the area of project finance in an attempt to throw light on an area in which for many in the Czech Republic remains unfamiliar.

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Václav Rovenský and Ján Béreš prepared an up-to-date summary of the legal regulations concerning the electroenergy business in the Czech Republic for the publication Electricity Regulation 2010 in the series Getting the Deal Through. The publication was issued by the London based market analysis company Law Business Research Ltd.

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Tomáš Sequens and Martin Škrabal prepared a summary of the legal regulations concerning the environment sector in the Czech Republic for the publication The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environment Law 2009. The publication was issued by the British company Global Legal Group Ltd.

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Václav Rovenský and Tomáš Sequens drafted as a part of the international publication Getting the Deal Through – Gas Regulation, 2009 edition, a summary of legal regulations and conditions for doing business on the Czech gas market. The publication was issued by the London based market analysis company Law Business Research Ltd.

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Professor Jan Dědič, a partner of law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík, wrote an article on changes expected in 2009 concerning legal regulations in commercial law in the Czech-German Commercial and Industrial Chamber's magazine Plus, which was published in February.

Václav Rovenský and Ján Béreš became the first contributors for the Czech Republic in the publication Electricity Regulation 2009 for the series Getting the Deal Through, published by London-based company Law Business Research Limited. The publication contains an overview of information on legal regulation in the electrical energy sector of 34 countries.

• The chapter concerning Czech law can be downloaded here

Dagmar Dubecká and Vlastimil Pihera prepared an information document for the International Bar Association addressing the legal regulation concerning takeover bids in the Czech Republic. The document summarizes the basic principles of the new legal regulation of takeover bids in the Czech Republic, a new construction of the bid obligation, types of actions on the grounds of a takeover bid or an unfulfilled bid obligation and the method of performance of supervision over takeover bids by the Czech National Bank. The published text contains information applicable as of the editorial closing date, i.e. April 2008.

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Václav Pátek published an article concerning preclusion in tax law following the resolution by the extended panel of judges of the Supreme Administrative Court in the professional tax magazine Daňový expert.

Václav Pátek, a tax expert at law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík, prepared a contribution for the Bulletin of the Czech Union of Full-Blooded Horses and Owners of Race Horses, Český chov, which is a part of TURF Magazine. The contribution focused on a change of VAT rates for the sale of race horses resulting from the amendment to the VAT Act effective from 1 January 2009. To apply the lower VAT rate on the sale of race horses for 2009, VAT prepayment should be made before the end of the year, similar to housing for 2007.

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Vlastimil Pihera published an article on free movement of companies in Euro. The article refers to the European Court of Justice’s expected resolution in the Cartesio case and the new possibility for companies to move their registered offices within the European Union as a result of the resolution.

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Professor Jan Dědič, a partner of the law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík, published two extensive contributions in the Legal Information Bulletin, a professional monthly for legal practice, on the new act of transformations of commercial companies and cooperatives, which became effective on 1 July 2008.

Vlastimil Pihera, attorney, and Helena Navrátilová, tax advisor at the law firm Kocián Šolc Balaštík, published an article in Euro concerning the current legal interpretation of ownership relations in respect of mutual funds and its impacts on application of the corporate income tax.

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