Volume XVI, 5-2017

Will We Succeed in Implementing the Mobility Package in Practice?

Few initiatives of the European Commission have caused so much emotion as did the mobility package. The European… continue reading »
EU and Japan Strengthen Ties

On the 6th of July, the EU and Japan reached a political agreement in principle on the Economic Partnership… continue reading »
Increased Energy Efficiency Target Will Cost Us Hundreds of Billions

Czech industry has serious concerns about the impact of the draft directives and regulations on market design and… continue reading »
EESC CORNER – Protection of Personal Data

Respect for communications is a fundamental right recognized in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European… continue reading »
MEPs CORNER

“From the very beginning I called for the transport sector to be excluded from the new rules for posted workers. The… continue reading »

CEBRE calendar

Debate on Consumers rights

(September 25th, 2017, Brussels)
Debate on Post 2020 EU Financing of R&D in aviation

(September 27th, 2017, Brussels)
Debate on Future of EU Budget

(October 6th, 2017, Prague)
Debate on EU FTAs with Vietnam and Japan

(October 10th, 2017, Brno)
Seminar on European Fund for Strategic Investments

(October 10th, 2017, Brno)
Trade mission to Belgium

(October 17th-18th, 2017, Brussels, Antwerp)
Debate on Future of EU car industry – TBC

(October 20th, 2017, Prague)
Meeting with MEPs on future of the EU

(November 10th, 2017, Prague)
Sector seminar on Energy in EU External Aid

(November 21st, 2017, Brussels)

EASIER CONDITIONS FOR INVESTORS

Czech Government approved the faster authorization procedure for foreign entities for the purpose of investing (from 3 months to 30 days). From August, the approved minimum investment for non-EU companies will amount to at least CZK 75 million with minimum 20 created jobs.
NEW EU STATE SECRETARY

Aleš Chmelař became a new State Secretary for EU Affairs at the end of June. The office was empty since February, when his predecessor Tomáš Prouza left the office.
CZECH REPUBLIC HAS HIGHEST JOB VACANCY RATE

The Czech Republic recorded the highest job vacancy rate in the EU in Q1 2017 of 3.1 %, while both EU28 and euro area reached 1.9 %.
CZECH REPUBLIC GROWING FAST

According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, Czech economy recorded the highest growth rate (+2.5 %) in the second quarter of 2017 in the whole EU. The EU average was +0.7 %, while the average growth pace of the euro zone was +0.6 %.