Czech Business Today
Volume X, 2-2011
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Consumer rights: second reading ahead?
From a business point of view, the European Commission’s 2008 proposal for a new directive on consumer rights was very… continue reading »
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Czechs want to be competitive on global markets!
Experts of the Czech National Economic Government Council (NERV) together with experts and representatives of public… continue reading »
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The Single Market Act has to deliver tangible results by 2012!
The Commission´s public consultation on the 50 policy proposals to boost the Single Market was closed at the end of… continue reading »
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EESC Corner: New Skills for New Jobs
The opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee welcomes the New Skills for New Jobs Agenda as the… continue reading »
Flash news
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Czech maritime policy without the sea
On 2nd March, the Czech government amended its law on maritime navigation. The Czech Republic was obliged to do so under the threats of sanctions applied by the European Commission. However, the major part of the maritime legislation is irrelevant for the Czech Republic being without the sea as well as a naval fleet.
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Czechs joined the Charter of International Energy Forum
The Czech Republic signed the Charter of the International Energy Forum on 22nd February in Riyadh. The Forum is a platform for the world‘s largest producers and consumers of oil and gas products (from OPEC and OECD countries) being established in 1991. The Czech Republic joined the forum in 2002.
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Four Czech meat products got the EU label
Špekáček, Lovecký salám, Spišské párky a Liptovský salám are the four Czech meat products that were registered as “traditional specialities guaranteed” (TGC). The registration is the result of intensive cooperation in the agriculture sector between the Czech Republic and Slovakia who jointly applied for the registration.
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Cutting red-tape in Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture established its Anti-bureaucratic commission in 2008 to eliminate bureaucracy in the Agriculture sector. In 2010, the Commission received 65 communications from Czech farmers, out of them 30 were either successfully solved or are nearly to be solved. The farmers communicate with the Ministry via an online questionnaire that was launched on Ministry’s website in November last year.
