Private limited company the German equivalent. On one hand it is possible to consider it as a kind of "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung" (GmbH) because it has aspects of a corporation; on the other hand it could be considered to be a kind of "Kommanditgesellschaft" (KG), which is the German equivalent of a limited partnership. Based on the literal translation of the word "company", an LLC should be considered to be a kind of KG without any liable partner. The German equivalent that comes closest to LLC, is GmbH & Co KG, a nested Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) where a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
Private limited company s ograničenom odgovornošću" (literal: limited liability company), abbreviated "d.o.o.". A public limited liability company is termed a "dioničko društvo" (literal: joint stock company) abbreviated "d.d.". Czech legislation contemplates LLCs as "společnost s ručením omezeným" ("s.r.o." or "spol. s r.o."). An "s.r.o." is not technically comparable to an LLC because the profits are still subject to double taxation. Czech law does not offer a possibility to start up a limited company without the possibility of avoiding double taxation. As of 2014 the liability is not limited in Czech, since managing director ("jednatel", mandatory board member in Czech LLCs) bears full liability