Types of shares in the Business Company and Cooperative Act The purpose of this thesis is to present a new legal regulation concerning the types of shares under the Business Company and Cooperative Act. The thesis especially focuses on a description of the new legal regulation and possible interpretation issues which may arise as a result of establishing of the entirely new legal institute which was not applied in the Czech Republic before. The thesis is divided into four chapters, each of them dealing with the different issues of the topic in question. The first chapter serves as a brief introduction to the following parts since it defines what a share actually is under the Czech law and explains its legal nature. The chapter two deals with the historical development of legal regulation of the types of shares in the Czech Republic the previous legal regulation of the Commercial Code included. The third chapter examines the types of shares which the business company is entitled to issue in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Business Company and Corporate Act. This chapter is divided into seven parts, in which the ordinary shares, preference shares, shares with special rights and special rights which may be incorporated into the share are discussed. Particularly the types of individual...

Dans le contexte actuel de crise financière, le recours des Etats membres aux golden shares est révélateur d’un mouvement de protection des entreprises nationales à l’encontre des investisseurs étrangers. Or, ce mécanisme tombe sous le coup des normes de l’Union. De l’application de ces règles émerge un cadre juridique autonome qui soumet ce régime de propriété particulier des Etats membres au respect de la libre circulation des capitaux et de la liberté d’établissement. Si les golden shares ne sont pas interdites per se, le contrôle strict, effectué tant par la Commission que la Cour de justice, souligne la faible marge de manœuvre qui est octroyée aux Etats membres dans l’utilisation du dispositif. Ce contrôle a une double incidence. Il permet, tout d’abord, de souligner certaines incohérences éventuelles qu’une telle analyse pourrait engendrée dans le droit de l’Union. En ce sens, une remise en question des éléments du cadre juridique peut s’avérer fortuite. Il révèle, ensuite, les limites à la constitution d’un véritable marché intérieur. Les Etats membres sont enclins à se réapproprier le dispositif des golden shares par des moyens détournés. Leurs tentatives révèlent un malaise plus profond, celui de la crainte des investissements étrangers dans les entreprises nationales opérant dans des secteurs stratégiques. Se pose alors la question de l’opportunité d’un mécanisme commun de contrôle des investissements étrangers. La réponse à la crise se veut ainsi à l’échelle de l’Union, et plus seulement à celle des Etats membres. / In the currrent context of financial crisis, the recourse of Member States to golden shares reveals the ongoing movement to protect domestic firms against foreign investors. This mechanism however falls within the scope of EU norms. From the application of these rules emerges an autonomous legal framework which submit this particular ownership regime of Member States to comply with the free movement of capital and freedom of establishment. If golden shares are not prohibited per se, the strict control undertaken by both the Commission and the Court of Justice only leaves a limited marge de manoeuvre to Member States in the use of such device.This control has a dual incidence. Firstly, it allows to point out some inconsistencies that such analysis could generated in EU law. To that extent, calling into question the elements of the legal framework may be relevant. Secondly, it reveals the limits of the constitution of a truly internal market. Member States are likely to restore the golden shares mechanism by devious means. Their attempts reveal a deeper malaise, the fear of foreign investment in domestic companies operating in strategic sectors. This questions the opportunity of a common instrument to control foreign investment. Response to the crisis must be taken at the level of the European Union, and not anymore at Member States’.

Types of shares in the regulation of the Business Corporations Act The purpose of this diploma thesis is to analyze, describe and elaborate changes that into the Czech legal order brought the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code and the Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Companies and Cooperative association. The diploma thesis is divided into five chapters that process from the general to the specific issues and focus on foreign legal orders which deal with particular aspects of shares and types of shares. The first chapter of this thesis is focused on the general concept of security, its definitional delimitation and historical development of security as other property value and thing. Furthermore, this chapter deals with the concept of participating security and its importance in the new legislation. Finally, this thesis generally focuses on the possibilities of incorporation of rights and obligations into shares. The second chapter is a crucial part of this diploma thesis and deals with types of shares as such. Firstly, this chapter focuses on the interpretation of the term type of share and its definitional features. Subsequently, there is a part devoted to basic institutes of ordinary shares and preferred shares. The third chapter is devoted to shares with special rights, namely the legally enshrined...

Le patriotisme économique relève davantage du discours politique que d’un concept juridique. Il fait référence aux comportements des citoyens, des entreprises et des États. Celui des États peut en substance être défini comme la défense par ces derniers de leurs entreprises stratégiques. Ainsi précisée, cette notion se traduit en pratique par l’institution de dispositifs nationaux de contrôle des investissements étrangers, par la stabilisation de l’actionnariat des entreprises stratégiques au travers des prises de participations des fonds stratégiques d’investissement, ou encore, par l’octroi de droits exclusifs ou spéciaux. De tels comportements peuvent contrarier les principes de la libre circulation - capitaux, établissement - et de la libre concurrence. Ces principes souffrent cependant de tempéraments qui laissent une certaine marge de manœuvre aux États, laquelle est cependant étroite. Cette étroitesse conduit ces derniers à être sans cesse inventifs pour défendre leurs entreprises. Le droit des sociétés offre de ce point de vue des outils pertinents pouvant servir ce dessein. Mais, la protection des entreprises stratégiques en dehors des exceptions ou dérogations prévues par le traité, qui traduit la persistance des replis nationaux, n’est pas sans relever les limites de l’opposition systématique aux patriotismes économiques nationaux. De plus, une telle faculté risque de fragiliser l’achèvement du marché intérieur. Pour ces raisons, il importe pour les autorités de l’Union européenne, d’engager une dynamique permettant de mieux prendre en compte les préoccupations patriotiques des États. Agrégée à un concept cohérent, à savoir le patriotisme économique européen, une telle démarche consisterait à instaurer une politique d’investissement commune qui sache conjuguer ouverture aux capitaux étrangers et préservation des secteurs stratégiques. Mais, l’efficacité d’une telle politique est relative. C’est pourquoi, on doit lui adjoindre un cadre autonome de contrôle des investissements en provenance des pays tiers. / Economic patriotism is more a political speech than a legal concept. It refers to behaviors of citizens, companies and governments. Concerning States, this concept can essentially be defined as defense of strategic companies. In practice, this notion is reflected by the institution of national systems of foreign investments control, by stabilizing the shareholding of companies through strategic investment funds, or by granting exclusive or special rights. These behaviors can antagonize the European Union law. However, this law allows exceptions that offer opportunities to States. But the flexibility of States is close. This narrowness leds them to be constantly inventive to defend their strategic companies. Business law allows such an approach. But the protection of strategic companies without the exceptions or derogations permitted by the treaty, which reflects the persistence of domestic markets partitioning, is not without showing the limits of systematic opposition to national economic patriotisms. In addition, such a power may weaken the completion of the internal market. For these reasons, it is important for the authorities of the European Union, to initiate a dynamic that can permit to take better account of the States patriotic concerns. Aggregate to a coherent concept, namely the european economic patriotism, such an approach will permit to establish a common investment policy that can combine openness to foreign investments and preservation of strategic sectors. But, the effectiveness of such a policy is relative. That’s why, it’s crucial to add to it an autonomous control framework for investments coming from non-member countries.