AUSTRIA
A New Era for Austrian Tenancy Law: The 2025 Rent Indexation Reform
The Austrian legislator is preparing one of the most far-reaching reforms of tenancy law in recent decades. The planned Rent Indexation Act (Mieten-Wertsicherungsgesetz) and the Fifth Tenancy Law Inflation Relief Act (Mietrechtliches Inflationslinderungsgesetz) represent a political and economic response to years of legal uncertainty surrounding rent indexation.
BULGARIA
Amendments to the Bulgarian Competition Protection Act
Amendments to the Competition Protection Act (“CPA”) recently entered into force. The changes aim to address emerging competition issues and strengthen the powers of the Commission on the Protection of Competition (“CPC”).
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Competition Authority fines K + B Progres for resale price fixing
The Czech Competition Authority (ÚOHS) has imposed a CZK 9.9 million (approx. EUR 410,000) fine on K + B Progres, one of the country’s major distributors of consumer electronics, for unlawful resale price maintenance (RPM).
ROMANIA
Navigating Romania’s Fiscal Reforms: The Corporate and Budgetary Impact of Law no. 141/2025
On 25 July 2025, Romania adopted Law no. 141/2025, introducing substantial amendments to the Fiscal Code alongside a set of measures intended to ensure compliance with the country’s budget deficit objectives.