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The Čarnogurský ULC PRO BONO newsletter focuses on new laws and various other legal matters. It is published monthly and provided free of charge.

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NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE
Parliament adopted a long time announced amendments to the Law no. 99/1963 coll. Code of Civil Procedure. The basic objecitve of the new legislation is to strengthen the tools to facilitate the initiation, tools to accelerate the proceedings and to prevent obstruction of the parties involved. The main tools to accelerate the procedure include determining the deadlines by which the court has chosen to issue a procedural decision.
25.November 2011 All articles of this issue  
NEW LABOUR INSTECTION ACT
The amendment introduced in special cases the perofmace of labour inspection by Labour Inspectorate also outside the area of its scope. The amendment also introduced, mandatory penalties for serious misconduct and for not solving shortcomings. Moreover there is new obligation for labour inspectors to demonstrate its identification via licence of inspectors and service uniform. The amendment also precise responsibilities in the area of market surveillance.
25.November 2011 All articles of this issue  
NEW LAW ON ENCOURAGEMENT OF TOURISM
Changes in the promotion of tourism will affect two areas. The first is the provision of subsidies and the second area is the introduction of the possibility of municipality to associate with other municipality without a condition of common cadastral area. In addition to the above changes, the amendment also provides precise cancellation and temination of tourism organisations and introduces some structural changes in tourism organisation.
25.November 2011 All articles of this issue  
LAW ON RESIDENCY OF FOREIGNERS
Adoption of the new law on residency of foreigners is based on the need to ensure compatibility of Slovak legislation on foreigners residency with European legislation. The law also unifies the above issues with the issue of security and border control. The law defines new concepts based on the application in practice.
25.November 2011 All articles of this issue  
IS BEING PREPARED IN PARLIAMENT – NEW BUILDING ACT
The proposed amendment to the Building Act should establish the obligation to remove building structures from a foreign land without the consent of the landowner. The aim of the proposed amendment is to prevent the spread of „black buildings" in foreign lands.
25.November 2011 All articles of this issue  
CHANGES TO THE LAW ON BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING
The latest amendment to Act. No. 7/2005 Coll. on Bankruptcy and Restructuring affects corporate (but not personal) bankruptcies. The aim of the amendment is, in particular, to revise some definitions, make it possible for creditors to file bankruptcy petitions, and to simplify logging of claims. For more details, please see the full article in this month's edition of PRO BONO.
26.October 2011 All articles of this issue  
EXPANSION OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS IN MATERIAL NEED
The Amendment to Act No. 327/2005 Coll. on the Provision of Legal Assistance to Persons in Material Need has extended the availability of legal services provided by the Legal Aid Centre to a wider range of persons in material need, and to groups of people whose incomes exceed the statutory minimum wage. For this group, the amendment introduces the obligation to pay for some of the legal aid they receive.
26.October 2011 All articles of this issue  
NEW TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT
The amendment to the Tax Administration Act is part of a wider reform of the administration of tax and customs. The purpose of the reform is to streamline the administration of state income arising from tax and customs, as well as to simplify the tax process and customs administration, and eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy in the state administration.
26.October 2011 All articles of this issue  
ACT ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
A review by the European Union of legislation affecting the regulatory framework for electronic communications has resulted in the adoption of new directives. These directives revise the regulation of electronic communications in order to improve and decrease their price, while increasing their security, and in order to strengthen the rights of users. Due to the scope of the changes needed to transpose the directives into Slovak law, a new law on electronic communications has been adopted.
26.October 2011 All articles of this issue  
DENIAL OF PATERNITY BY HUSBANDS
The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic in one of its non-compliance findings noted a discordance between the treatment of denial of paternity by husbands pursuant to § 86 paragraph 1 of the Family Code and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. At present the National Council (i.e. Parliament) is at the time limit for adjusting the provision. If the time limit passes without adjustment this will result in the expiration of the provision in § 86 paragraph 1.
26.October 2011 All articles of this issue