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Legal Committee – Activities

Joint Initiative on Company Law

Joint Initiative on Company Law

On February 18, together with AmCham and NALED, FIC provided to the Economy Ministry the comments related to the amendments on the Company Law which is planned for September 2021 aiming to improve the position of Serbia on the Doing Business List. The three associations outlined that the Company Law, as a systemic Law, should…

LC President Zivkovski for Politika on Funds

LC President Zivkovski for Politika on Funds

In a text in Politika daily on June 10, Legal Committee President Igor Zivkovski explained the novelties brought by the Draft Law on Alternative Investment Funds. He said that the draft introduces for the first time in Serbian legal system the alternative funds collecting money from the investors with the purpose of investment in other…

Legal Committee Leadership Elected

Legal Committee Leadership Elected

Legal Committee re-elected leadership in electronic voting on June 8-9. Partner at Zivkovic Samardzic Law Office Igor Zivkovski was re-elected as Committee President, while Legal Expert at OTP Bank Serbia Jelena Vukic-Suljagic was re-elected as Committee Vice President. We therefore use this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to both Igor and Jelena for accepting…

Legal Committee President for NIN on Beneficial Owners

Legal Committee President for NIN on Beneficial Owners

In an opinion article for NIN weekly, FIC Legal Committee President Igor Zivkovski drew attention to the problems in the implementation of the Law on Central Evidence on Beneficial Owners and presented the main changes its amendments are expected to bring. In a text published on October 17, he in particular outlined that the problems…

Legal Committee VP for Svet osiguranja

In an interview for Svet osiguranja magazine published on Oct 31, Legal Committee Vice President Jelena Vukic-Suljagic welcomed the results of FIC initiatives regarding the laws on alternative investment funds and open investment funds with public offering. “We are glad to see that some of the key FIC proposals were adopted – for example the…

Meeting on Bailiffs’ Charges

Meeting on Bailiffs’ Charges

On May 27, we had a second meeting dedicated to the charges of public bailiffs, in particular for the telecommunication companies. Meeting with the Bailiffs’ Chamber is a part of our efforts in standardizing the practice related to the charges of the bailiffs for enforcement of the debts to the telco operators 2007-2012. Main issue…

Meeting on Company Law

Meeting on Company Law

On August 4, FIC had a successful meeting with the Economy Ministry regarding Draft Law on Business Companies, where Ministry informed that the majority of FIC proposals on this draft were adopted. Assistant Minister of Economy Dusan Vuckovic said that 6 out of 8 FIC comments were fully or partially adopted, and that the Law…

Meeting on Digitalization Initiative

Meeting on Digitalization Initiative

On April 20, a meeting was held with the Government on the FIC initiative for digitalization of financial services and digital identity. At the meeting gathering NBS, Telco Ministry and the Delivery Unit of the Prime Minister, it was concluded that the initiative already brought significant results. Out of the recommendations for 6 high priority…

Meetings on Digitalization in Finances

Meetings on Digitalization in Finances

In January, FIC held three meetings with the Government’s Delivery Unit and competent ministries, authorities and state bodies to discuss the digitalization of financial services. It came after FIC launched a major initiative for digitalization of financial services in Serbia, with a document providing overview of 17 measures to be implemented. First meeting was held…

PP on Bankruptcy Regulations

PP on Bankruptcy Regulations

On February 3, FIC sent to the Economy Ministry the Comments on Draft Changes of Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Trustee Licensing Agency Laws. Comments on the Draft Bankruptcy Law Changes concern primarily the following two areas: cancellation of the ban on enforcement on the property burdened by the security rights or real estate property lien; and…