Other changes
Act on Employee Accident Insurance – date of effectiveness deferred until January 2010
The original intention was that the above Act would come into effect in January 2008. The effective date has been deferred until January 2010. The new Act repeals mandatory employer insurance by liability to employees for accidents at work or occupational disease. This obligation will be replaced by a system of social accident insurance with its own social payments, thereby transferring liability for implementation of accident insurance to the state. The time limit for compliance with the statutory obligations binding on employers under the new Act, together with the effective date of the Act, have been deferred.
Proposed changes to Czech VATA
Amendments to Czech VATA are currently being drafted to ensure clear alignment of Czech VATA with Directive 2006/112/EC and the past decisions of the European Court of Justice. One change is be the opportunity to rectify the applicable VAT by reducing it from a higher to a lower rate, currently not an option available under VATA, which simply provides for the obligation to rectify the VAT rate from a lower to higher rate.
Other articles
Jan Lasák chairs M&A FORUM 2026
KŠB partner Jan Lasák served as academic lead and moderator of M&A FORUM 2026, the eighth edition of the conference organised by Akademie C. H. Beck, held on 4 November at Stages Hotel Prague. The event has become a fixture in the Czech M&A calendar, bringing together leading practitioners from private practice, the judiciary, academia and in-house legal teams.
Richard Schmidt spoke at the Czech Competition Authority’s St. Martin's Conference 2026
KŠB attorney Richard Schmidt spoke at this year's St. Martin's Conference, hosted by the Czech Competition Authority (CCA) in Brno on 11–12 November 2026. The conference is a fixture of the Czech competition law calendar, drawing leading practitioners from home and abroad.
Helena Navrátilová on Three Decades of the Advent Concerts of Good Will
KŠB partner Helena Navrátilová was recently interviewed on S dobrou vůlí, the podcast of the Committee of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation. Speaking with editor Veronika Širc, Helena talked about the origins and history of the Advent Concerts of Good Will, which KŠB has been organizing for over thirty years.
