Pharma Industry Committee leadership elected
Pharma Industry Committee re-elected leadership in electronic voting on October 15-16. Market Access Manager at Roche Serbia Radomir Cerovic was re-elected as President, while Public Affairs Country Head and Legal Representative for Serbia and Montenegro in Sanofi-Aventis d.o.o. Beograd Semir Attar was elected as Committee Vice President on a two-year mandate. We therefore use this…
Plan for 2022 Adopted
At the first session this year on February 8, BoD adopted the FIC Work Plan – strategy for 2022, defining key activities to be pursued. The plan includes regular FIC committees elections, FIC Insight Into New Regulations, Dialogue for Change, Reality Check Conference, FIC Guide, Visit to EU Commission, White Book presentation and celebration of…
Positive changes in 2014, more vigorous reforms needed in 2015
Belgrade, 17th, December 2014 – The Foreign Investors Council held the regular annual session of the Assembly, adopting the Annual and Financial Report for 2014. Assembly meeting was also an opportunity to review past activities and discuss plans for 2015. “In 2014, FIC put greatest efforts in 3 directions: establishing close dialogue with the new…
PP for Better Law on Internship
On December 23, FIC provided to the Labour Ministry the comments on the Draft Law on Internship. FIC welcomed drafting of that Law as significant improvement, after years of advocating for regulation of this form of engagement of young people. PP drew attention to the dispositions that limit the possibilities for the potential interns, and…
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…
PP on Company Law
On June 30, FIC sent to the Economy Ministry a set of comments on the Draft Amendments of Company Law. Position Paper outlines that the frequent changes of the Company Law are not good for business climate and legal certainty of market participants. It was also stated that wide consultations with the business community are…
PP on Draft Law on Electronic Invoicing
On February 25, FIC sent to the Finance Ministry the comments on the Draft Law on Electronic Invoicing. Main comments address the following issues: lack of technical solutions and definitions of standards to be applied; need to additionally clarify the relation of the Draft with the VAT Law and Law on Accounting; unneeded additional data…
PP on E-Identification
On February 12, FIC sent to the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications the comments on Draft Law on Electronic Documents, E-Identifications and Trust Service in E-Business. General comments concern rationalization of process and insurance contracts. When it comes to the rationalization of process, FIC view is that the processes of identification and authentication of…
PP on Electronic Communications Law
On July 1, FIC sent to the Telecommunications Ministry the Position Paper on the Draft Law on Electronic Communications. Overregulation was outlined as one of the key problems, as the efficient application of the Law can be achieved with less regulation. PP says that the relations between the Law and other laws should be defined….
PP on Enforcement in Operative Leasing
On September 16, FIC supported the initiative of the Association of Leasing Companies in Serbia (ALCS) with the goal to establish a Registry of Operative Leasing in the Business Register Agency (BRA) and enable the efficient enforcement in the case the leasing contract is cancelled. This comes after the recent decision of the National Bank…