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Amendments of the trade unions act
On 1 January 2019, important amendments of the Trade Unions Act came into force enabling individuals engaged under civil law contracts, in particular contractors or self-employed individuals, to set up or join trade unions, provided that such individuals do not employ other persons for the same kind of work they perform for the employer. Consequently, […]...
Upcoming changes to employment documentation
The Polish Parliament has adopted an act that became effective 1 January 2019 and shortens the retention period of human resource files and allows them to be stored in an electronic form. HOW LONG TO STORE EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTATION? Former law required employers to store documentation related to an employee and the employment relationship (“employee documentation”) […]...
Austrian GDPR-tracker: Data protection authority on erasure by way of anonymization
Destruction or anonymization of personal data – an appropriate way to comply with the right to erasure? The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has further consolidated its case law on the right to erasure. Following decisions on the relationship between erasure obligations and legal retention periods as well as on the storage of contact data […]...
Bulgaria: Government to launch concession procedures for major transport infrastructure projects
The Bulgarian Council of Ministers adopts an amitious action plan for State Concessions 2019-2020, providing the launch of tenders for major ports and airports. In the context of the pending procedure for Concession of Sofia Airport, the Bulgarian Government affirmed its interest in developing public-private partnerships through concessions in the next couple of years. On […]...
New interpretative judgment of the Bulgarian supreme court of cassation on insolvency matters
On 03 December 2018, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (“SCC”) published an interpretative judgement under case No. 1/2017 (the “Judgment”), where the Court provides long awaited guidance concerning insolvency proceedings. The Judgment addresses nine questions which were inconsistently resolved by lower courts. Bulgaria has been widely criticized for its inefficient and unreliable insolvency proceedings, […]...
Romania: New law 362/2018 on the security of network and information systems / NIS directive
EU Directive 2016/1148 on Security of Network and Information Systems (the “NIS Directive”) regulates the main EU legislative framework, which aims to achieve a high common level of network and information systems security across the European Union. The NIS Directive applies to so-called Operators of Essential Services (“OESs”) acting in sectors that heavily rely on […]...
Czech Republic implements EU trademark directive
What does this mean for my business? The Czech Republic has implemented EU Trademark Directive No. 2015/2436 by way of amending the Czech Trademark Act No. 441/2003, effective as of 1 January 2019. The most important changes can be summarized as follows: Trademarks do not need to be capable of graphic representation in the trademark […]...
Bulgaria to implement the EU trade secrets directive
Substantive protection and enhanced procedural framework covering goods and services, business need to implement trade secrets strategies, including identification, protection measures and structure properly potential claims....
Poland: New rules for the filing of financial statements for 2018
The Act amending the Polish Accounting Act and the National Court Register Act ("Act") has introduced changes that significantly affect the obligations of entrepreneurs, particularly with regard to the filing of financial statements. In this edition of Wolf Theiss' newsletter, we highlight the most important of these changes and provide you with a practical guide for implementing the new rules in your company....
CJEU rules against Croatian legislation on retroactive nullity of loan agreements
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), with its recent judgement, has set the course for the Croatian legislator attempting to intervene into existing contractual relationships. On 14 February 2019, the CJEU delivered a judgment concluding that a national law of an EU Member State cannot retroactively invalidate loan agreements that were deemed […]...
Bulgaria: The president vetoes local law implementing the GDPR
After extensive public consultations and parliamentary procedures, on 24 January 2019 the law implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ("GDPR") into the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act ("Implementing Law") was officially adopted by the Bulgarian Parliament. Shortly after, on 4 February 2019, the Bulgarian President vetoed the Implementing Law due to concerns regarding the regulated data processing for journalistic purposes and the purposes of academic, artistic or literary expression....
Romania: Wolf Theiss contributes to the release of two new reports on GDPR for the CPC platform
Wolf Theiss together with other qualified legal professionals from more than 30 European countries, contributed to the release of two new reports on GDPR for the CPC network, the largest European information platform explaining data protection laws....