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Revolution in residential development
On 22 August 2018 a new Act on facilitating the preparation and implementation of residential and accompanying investments came into force. The law significantly affects the existing spatial planning system in Poland and may cause major disruptions on the residential market. ZONING BY DISCRENTIONARY RESOLUTION The regulation introduces a new method of establishing zoning requirements […]...
A new collective agreement for Slovenia’s trade sector: Does it apply to you (yet)?
On 15 August 2018, the new Collective agreement for Slovenia’s trade sector (“new CA”) has entered into force. Currently it is only binding upon employers that are members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, the Slovenian Employers’ Association, but may become binding for all employers from the […]...
Further new strategic public-private partnership projects In Romania
On August 23, the Government passed a decision approving the second package of strategic investments to be prepared and awarded under public-private partnership contracts by the National Strategy and Prognosis Committee. Below you may find the most important upcoming projects....
New legislation affecting companies that extract natural gas from Romania’s offshore blocks
On Monday, September 24, the Romanian Senate adopted the offshore law, which establishes the rules for companies that extract natural gas from Romania’s Black Sea section. The bill has several amendments compared to the initial form that the parliament adopted in July. The most important changes introduced in the law provide that the taxes and […]...
Mietpreisbremse Lagezuschlag
Die Stadt Wien hat die Lagezuschlagskarte überarbeitet, was Auswirkungen auf die Mietpreise in Teilen Wiens hat Sogenannte “Altbauten”, also Wohnungen, die in einem Gebäude liegen, das vor 1945 errichtet wurde, und für die ein Mietvertrag nach dem 1. März 1993 abgeschlossen wurde, unterliegen dem Richtwert nach dem Mietrechtsgesetz. In solchen Fällen darf der Vermieter nicht […]...
Bundesvergabegesetz 2018 (BVergG 2018)
Am 21.8.2018 trat das neue Bundesvergabegesetz 2018 (BVergG 2018) in Kraft. Damit wurde – über zwei Jahre nach Ablauf der Umsetzungsfrist – die aktuelle EU-Vergaberichtlinie (2014/24/EU) auch in Österreich vollständig umgesetzt. Das Wolf Theiss Vergaberechtsteam hat den neuen Gesetzestext einschließlich der Erläuterungen übersichtlich für Sie aufbereitet und steht Ihnen für Fragen jederzeit gerne zur Verfügung....
Significant changes brought to the Romanian insolvency legislation by government emergency ordinance no. 88/2018
On 2 October 2018, the Romanian Official Gazette published Government Emergency Ordinance, ("GEO 88/2018"), for the amendments of certain regulations in the field of insolvency and other legislation. The normative acts amended by GEO 88/2018 are the following: (i) Law no. 85/2014 regarding procedures to prevent insolvency and insolvency procedures ("Insolvency Law"); (ii) Government Ordinance no. 2/2000 regarding the organisation of activities related to the judicial and extrajudicial technical survey; (iii) Government Emergency Ordinance no. 90/2017 regarding certain fiscal-budget measures, the amendment and the supplementation of normative acts and the prorogation of deadlines; and (iv) Government Emergency ordinance no. 86/2006 on the organisation of the activity conducted by the insolvency practitioners....
Adótörvény változások 2019 – Őszi adócsomag
A Kormány 2018. október 19-én nyújtotta be 2019-es őszi adótörvény módosítási csomagját. A lényegesebb változásokat az alábbiakban foglaltuk össze. Társasági Adó Jövőre bevezetésre kerülne a csoportos társasági adóalanyiság, amelyet belföldi illetőségű kapcsolt vállalkozások hozhatnak létre, amennyiben közöttük legalább 75%-os mértékű többségi befolyás áll fenn. A csoportos társasági adóalanyiság létrehozására irányuló kérelmet első alkalommal jogvesztő határidőn […]...
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Changes and amendments to the labour law
On 9 November 2018, the Law on Changes and Amendments to the Labour Law of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (initially adopted in 2016) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entering into force eight days after publishing. Some of the main changes introduced with the amended Labour […]...
Datenschutzbehörde veröffentlicht Blacklist
Verordnung über Verarbeitungsvorgänge, für die eine Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung durchzuführen ist Am 9. November 2018 hat die österreichische Datenschutzbehörde eine Liste mit Verarbeitungsvorgängen veröffentlicht, welche in jedem Fall eine Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung (“DSFA”) erfordern. Nach der EU Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) muss der Verantwortliche eine DSFA durchführen, wenn bestimmte Voraussetzungen gemäß Art 35 erfüllt sind. Die sogenannte “Blacklist”, die von den […]...
Romanian data protection authority’s decision on investigation procedure
Decision no. 161/09/10/2018 of The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (“ANSPDCP”), on the approval of the Investigations Procedure entered into force on the 23rd of October 2018, in accordance with the powers given by the General Data Protection Regulation to the supervisory authorities. According to the new procedure, investigations can be carried out […]...
Amendment of the Austrian act against unfair competition (UWG) – The directive on the protection of know-how enters into force in early 2019
Directive (EU) 2016/943 “on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure”, adopted on 8 June 2016, will be implemented in Austria by an amendment to the Federal Act against Unfair Competition (UWG) and is to enter into force on 1 February 2019. With the implementation […]...