Czech Business Today
Volume XI, 8-2012
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Pre-Commercial Procurement: Cost-Effective Innovations
Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) is an instrument that can bring innovative solutions to the market and secure its… continue reading »
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EU ETS: Back-loading could jeopardize competitiveness of European companies
In order to fight the climate change, the European Union introduced in 2005 the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)… continue reading »
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Schengen Area Remains One of EU Greatest Success Stories
Schengen Area is one of the most significant success stories of the European Union. Nevertheless, in the recent years… continue reading »
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EESC Corner: E-Procurements
E-procurement can significantly simplify the way procurement is conducted, reduce waste and deliver better procurement… continue reading »
CEBRE calendar
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January 7th, 2013
Meeting of CEBRE founders with Czech MEPs (Prague)
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January 8th, 2013
Debate on European Year of Citizens (Prague)
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February 11th–15th 2013
CEBRE meets Czech companies (Prague)
Flash news
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Absurdity of the year
Every year, Czech entrepreneurs elect the most burdensome legislation under the award called ‘Absurdity of the Year’. This year’s winner is the legislation that obliges employers to pay a medical visit for their new temporary workers, even for workers employed for one single day. The goal of the award is to point out the need to revise or abolish burdensome legislative acts. Since the creation of this award, 14 acts has been already revised or abolished.
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Strong industry
In the EU, the Czech Republic has the highest number of employees under 40 years of age working in sectors of industry and construction. The comparable situation is in the Slovak Republic. Industry in other neighbouring countries – Germany and Austria – employs 11 to 12 percent less people under 40 years of age than in the Czech Republic. On the other hand, proportion of Czechs working in services is the second lowest in the EU.
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Fight against gold plating
According to the European Commission, new administrative requirements added during the transposition of EU directives into the Czech law represent 25–33 %. For this reason, the Czech government lead an Analysis of gold plating aimed at creating an evaluation system of added administrative burden during the transposition of EU law.
