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19. 06. 2023

Legal regulation of the use of insects in food

Earlier this year, the European Commission approved additional insect species that can be marketed as food for human consumption.[1] In this context, there has been a lot of misinformation across society, so here is an overview of how insects can be used in food according to the current legal regulation. In this article, you will …

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09. 06. 2023

Protection of whistleblowers– new obligations for employers

On 1 August 2023, a new Czech Act on Protection of Reporting Persons will come into force introducing institutional protection for reporting persons (whistleblowers) in line with European legislation. The main novelty is the obligation of obliged entities: to implement an internal reporting system, which will usually enable employees- reporting persons to report in a …

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08. 06. 2023

The right to request the deletion of the reasons for removal from the position of a member of the body in the Commercial Register

In its recent decision, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic dealt primarily with the question of whether a dismissed and deleted from the Commercial Register executive officer of a company is entitled to defend against the entry of facts related to his or her dismissal or deletion from the Commercial Register pursuant to Section …

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31. 05. 2023

Protection of whistleblowers – new obligations for employers

The bill on reporting person protection introducing institutional reporting person protection in the Czech Republic, published as Chamber of Deputies document No. 352 (the “Act”), was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 21 April 2023 and referred to the Senate for consideration. The Act transposes into Czech law the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the …

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