Fourteen banks will soon be offering the 2% Safe Mortgage, and Home Savings Accounts are already operational in two banks
Banking sector overview | Banking: today and tomorrow | August 2023
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Educational programmes for ambitious business
Today’s reality is a regular minefield for most businesses. As lawyers we keep a close eye on trends and changes in the business environment. We sense, see, think, and analyse. And we connect the dots.
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Property tax –a pending new definition of a structure and grounds for claiming tax refunds
The landmark judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal is the beginning of the road to the introduction of a new definition, which will finally resolve the dispute that has lasted for over a decade.
The Ideas Powered for Business SME FUND now available for Ukrainian businesses
The SME Fund, a joint project of the European Commission and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), is open for applications for targeted funding until 8 December 2023.
Conversion of the right of perpetual usufruct into ownership upon request
An amendment to the Act on Real Estate Management and Certain Other Acts – likely to come into force in autumn – will make it significantly easier for existing perpetual usufructuaries to acquire ownership of these properties.
Prohibition of self-dealing
According to the lawmakers, the introduction of the prohibition in the Civil Code was justified, inter alia, by the need to ensure the protection of the interests of a principal, i.e. a person who authorises another entity to represent him/her in an act having a direct effect for him/her.
How to avoid unfavourable public contracts
Validity of tenders: legal implications
Option clauses: one of many forms of securing the parties’ interests in the transaction market
Option clauses are one of many well-known forms of securing the interests of parties to a contract in the transaction market.
Definition of a ‘structure’ declared unconstitutional
On 4 July, the Constitutional Tribunal (CT) issued a landmark judgment (ref. SK 14/21) declaring the definition of a ‘structure’ in the Local Taxes and Levies Act unconstitutional.
Solidarity levy with a loophole
Solidarity levy: a legislative oversight is good news for taxpayers