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Competition in The Railway Passenger Market
Smetana, Viktor ; Švarc, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Kříž, Radim (referee)
The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate the influence and benefits arising from the presence of competition in the railway passenger transport market for passenger and society. The thesis firstly analyses general characteristics of transport and furthermore aims in more detail at railway passenger transport. In this part it among other things deals with its history and characteristics including comparison with other transport alternatives. The second part describes agencies and institutions regulating transport companies, legal basis, rights and duties of the operators during the process of entering the rail market and its regulation during the performance of the undertaking given and finally the forms of competition in passenger rail transport. Next chapter is concerned with characteristics of the competitors. In the end the thesis evaluates the influence of competitive environment and argues, whether is the competition in the railway passenger market meaningful.
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Consumer protection in rail transport
Hrbáčková, Lucie ; Hásová, Jiřina (advisor) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The subject of this bachelor's thesis is consumer protection in rail transport. Its aim is to determine what is the current position of the consumer in rail transport, i.e. which rights and obligations belong to consumers, and based on the established facts confirm the following hypothesis: 1. Current legislative setting in consumer protection in rail transport is sufficient. 2. Competition in rail transport is beneficial for consumers.
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Protection of an entrepreneur in the position of a weaker party
Hercíková, Jana ; Hásová, Jiřina (advisor) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The thesis deals with the protection of the entrepreneur in the position of the weaker party according to the Civil Code. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with individual principles of the private law. The second chapter defines the concept of an entrepreneur, small and medium-sized entrepreneur and, in particular, the weaker contracting party, which is the main subject of this work, and last but not least, deals with entrepreneurs in the position of the weaker party. The third chapter deals with the individual criteria that the author takes into account when assessing whether he is a weaker entrepreneur. The fourth chapter deals with selected institutes according to the Civil Code and the fifth chapter represents a practical conclusion through practical examples. The aim of this work is to approach this issue, but this goal is divided into the three sub-objectives mentioned in the introduction. The author sets hypotheses that are confirmed or refuted at the end of the thesis.
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Business plan of building distribution network for company Porcelanosa in the Czech Republic
Prade, Lukáš ; Svobodová, Ivana (advisor) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to create a business plan for an existing company Design Bath, which operates as a wholesale and exclusive distributor of company PORCELANOSA Grupo on the Czech market of ceramic tiles. The plan is focused on building and extending current distribution network of PORCELANOSA Grupo products and should serve as a background for future decision making process and development of long-term strategy of company Design Bath. On the basis of this business plan we should be able to evaluate its feasibility. The theoretical part of this thesis contains basic introduction into business plans from theoretical point of view and market research methodology. The practical part includes the description of international and Czech market of ceramic tiles in order to understand the business opportunity. Description of competition, market research, proposal of suitable forms of distribution and financial plan are all included in the practical part in the way that the chapters logically follow each other. Financial plan revealed that the business plan is viable. Potential risks and conditions of successful realization complete the last part of the thesis.
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International Investment Agreements and European Union Law
Fecák, Tomáš ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The relationship between international investment agreements and EU law has attracted increased attention in past few years. The aim of this thesis is to bring a detailed analysis of various aspects of this complicated relationship. In attainment of this aim it proceeds in the following steps. After a short introduction (Chapter I.), Chapter II. briefly overviews typical content of bilateral investment treaties, following with a more detailed analysis of relevant EU law rules concerning foreign investment and subsequent comparison of both sets of rules. Chapter III. deals with investment agreements to be concluded by the EU, in particular with questions of external competence for foreign investment, responsibility for breaches of investment agreements concluded by the EU and the future shape of EU investment policy. The status of existing bilateral investment treaties concluded between EU member states and third countries is analyzed in Chapter IV. Chapter V. tackles various issues related to investment treaties concluded between member states (so called intra-EU BITs).
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Legal and Financial Aspects of the State Aids
Petr, Zbyněk ; Marková, Hana (advisor) ; Boháč, Radim (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The dissertation is devoted to the topic of "public support". In practice, however, it is possible to notice expressions like "state support" or "state aid", which are equivalents for the Czech term "public support". I explore the given concept in the international law, European and Czech legislations. Subsequently, I compare it with the laws of Poland and the Slovak Republic. The crucial part of the doctoral thesis focuses on investment aids aimed at the tool of discounts on income taxes, which is evaluated both from the perspective of legal theory and practice. Finally, I scrutinize the case law of the European and Czech courts, which represent the basis, and there is also a comparison with the historical development of the evaluation criteria for compatibility of state aids. Keywords: state aids, regional aids, investment incentives, tax allowance.
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On Supervision of Financial Markets by Czech National Bank
Skácelík, David ; Marková, Hana (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
1 Abstract This work deals with the performance of supervision over the financial market and the entities operating in the financial market. Part of the work is devoted to consumer protection in the financial market and compensation systems. Because of the fact that the Czech Republic became a member of the European Union in 2004, this work includes also legislation of regulation and supervision of this level, as this treatment significantly predetermines Czech adjustment. Following questions were examined as an example of protecting the interests of clients of supervised entities: - whether there are any tools to protect the client's interests at the level of supervised entities, - what kind of role the supervisory authority has or may have in relation between a supervised entity and its client, - how are the client's financial interests protected in the event of failure of the supervised entity and whether this protection is de lege lata sufficient. The theoretical part of the work briefly describes the institute of supervision, its assorting and forms. The authority of supervisor is discussed in the next part together with the regulations under which the supervision is conducted. Owing to the fact that the scope of supervisory activity of the Czech National Bank is quite extensive, and the objective of...
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Taxation of wine from the viewpoint of legal regulations of the European Union
Nekovářová, Tereza ; Karfíková, Marie (advisor) ; Marková, Hana (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The issues of assurance of sources for national budgets are eternal topics which are apparently current in any phase of the economic cycle, and it holds still more for the period of recession. In response to the outbreak of a financial crisis it is always possible to see the needs of finding new sources of financing of government expenses. Even though taxation of wine is rather a marginal topic in this regard, it is necessary to ask why this is so and whether it is not just this area that hides a large potential. Taxation of wine, however, plays an important role not only as a source of incomes for the state budget, but also as a tool of regulation of consumption of this commodity, which is negatively perceived from the viewpoint of human health. The imposition of taxation of wine does not influence consumers' behaviour only, but it has also impacts on plant production in this sector. At the same time, the entire issue acquires an absolutely different dimension through the fact that the area of taxation of wine belongs among the fields which are subject to harmonisation on the part of the European Union. At the time of globalisation and continually intensifying European integration it is important to be able to gain maximum yields from these aspects of the economy. In connection with harmonisation...
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Decision of the World Trade Organisation: Questions of Interpretation and the Influence on International Trade Practice
Soukupová Ivančíková, Jitka ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The World Trade Organization ("WTO") and its dispute resolution systém is unique in the international economic law, reasons are following: (i) enforcement, (ii) two-level proceding, (iii) exclusive jurisdiction of the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSU"). DSU continues to follow the case law based on GATT 1947 however develops more complex rule of law. How successful DSB is in this task is subject of examination of the thesis. Thesis is divided into two parts: theoritecal and practical. First chapter explains aim of the DSU, comparison of procedural rules with GATT 1947. Following, the second chapter explains the hard law and procedural rules, function and aim of WTO, followed by ideas for improvement of the dispute settlement. Last chapter of this parts is dedicated to methods of interpretation. The second part, practical, analyses the case law of DSU from its establishment in 1995 until now. It analyses possible conflicts between agreements of WTO or conflicts that arise during acting based on the agreements. Among the first cases belong the discrepancies between main 3 agreements - GATT 1994, GATS and TRIPS and cases such as Canada - Periodicals or Argentina- Textiles and Apparel, Indonesia - Auto; another group of cases represents isme of conflict between WTO agreement and other agreement of public...
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Law and Marketing
Šebek, Marcel ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Beran, Karel (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse legal regulations of marketing and advertising in the Czech Republic as well as in the European context and define possibilities of applications of marketing methods and tools in the field of legal services. This is followed by a detailed elaboration for advocacy being the most marketable branch within this field. Based on the analysis of classic marketing mix tools, the aim is to create a set of marketing instruments suitable for the selected field of advocacy services. The thesis takes into consideration particularly strong characteristics of legal services as such. The theoretical part of the thesis is opened by a chapter dealing with the issue of marketing in general. Defining the respective branch and identifying its basic descriptive signs creates a terminology basis for further development of the subject. Special attention is paid to individual key marketing components, the main one being the strategic marketing management and its main variables composed of the following: company mission, company objectives, company strategies and company opportunities. A strategic marketing process, formed by planning, implementation and control stages, is also elaborated. The planning stage is composed of a marketing situational analysis, setting of marketing...
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