Czech Republic: Amendment to Act on criminal liability of legal entities

Starting from 1.12.2016 legal entities will have a chance to deprive of criminal liability committed by its employees and e.o.s provided the company proves that it performed all efforts which could reasonably be demanded from such a legal entity in order to prevent committing of such crime by its employees/e.o.s. Though, the content of this clause is quite vague, it is a certain light for legal entities which should continuously focus on prevention of criminal acts of its employees, but not only via elaboration of various codes of conduct or organizational internal rules, but they should analyze which fields are the most risky ones taking into account the company´s business (such as public tenders, various types of frauds etc.), provide seminars and lectures to employees, carry out various tests in order to verify the level of employees´ knowledge about illegal and criminal acts, implement a system of control and supervision in the risky fields or in situations which establish an environment for illegal acts.