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December 05, 2007

AmCham Initiates Amendment to the New Bankruptcy Act

AmCham is initiating an amendment to the new Bankruptcy Act's definition of indebtedness (or předlužení)...

November 26, 2007

AmCham trains the Supreme Administrative Court judges

AmCham will hold a series of seminars for the Supreme Administrative Court. The lecturers recruited from AmCham member companies will train judges in economic, tax, expert and other practical issues...

November 23, 2007

AmCham cooperates with the Ministry of Labor on an amendment to Labor Code

Ministry of Labor has undertaken to draft a substantial amendment to the Labor Code. AmCham has agreed with the chief drafter to work together with the end of delivering viable solutions workable for the practice...

November 22, 2007

Report on Amcham's ongoing policy initiatives

AmCham will be issuing this report every quarter to keep you informed about the priority reforms in which your organization is involved.

November 20, 2007

AmCham Finance Committee met on November 16

AmCham Finance Committee met on November 16. Issues on the agenda include a planned new Act on Income Tax, Thin Capitalization, Insolvency Act, Central Securities Depositary and other...

November 09, 2007

Discussion Roundtable with Office for Protection of Personal Data

On November 6, Alena Kučerová, a deputy chairman of the Office for Protection of Personal Data  met with Amcham members...

November 02, 2007

Policy Discussion with Zdeněk Zajíček, Deputy Minister of Interior

On October 30, Zdeněk Zajíček, Deputy Minister of Interior (and also "a small IT Minister, as he is sometimes  half-jokingly called) visited AmCham. He presented and discussed with AmCham member several issues Ministry is managing, mainly in the e-government area. For detailes see the minutes below...

October 26, 2007

Consultation on the Planned Act on Supervision over Financial Market

On October 23, representatives of the Ministry of Finance met with Amcham members over a Consultation Paper on the planned Act on Supervision over Financial Market. There were several problematic issues opened in the discussion (please see below). Also, we agreed that the drafters would get back to us and consult in all stages of the drafting process.