Kategorie: Civil Law
Limitation of a claim for payment of an invoice
When does the limitation period start to run about a claim for payment of an invoice for goods or services supplied? Until now, the prevailing view has been that the subjective three-year limitation period, within which an action for payment of an invoice owed was required to be brought for the claim not to be …
Read moreContract for the Provision of Digital Content
With the arrival of the Three Kings, on 6 January 2023, the highly anticipated and until then the most extensive amendment to civil law came into force, which is called the Three Kings amendment and/or the button amendment in connection with part of its content. It was published in the Collection of Laws under No. 374/2022 …
Read moreNew obligations for notification of discounts under the amendment to the Consumer Protection Act
On 6 January 2023 Act No. 374/2022 Coll., amending Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection, as amended, and Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code, as amended, entered into force. In particular, this Act transposes two EU Directives, namely Directive 2019/770 of the European Parliament and the Council and Directive 2019/2161 of the European …
Read moreEnergy price caps and related support programs
Based on the Government Decree of 14 December 2022, with effect from 1 January 2023, the electricity and gas prices for large industrial companies and other companies not previously covered by the earlier Government Decree of 5 October 2022 were capped. With effect from 1 January 2023, large companies will pay the same maximum amounts …
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