On the trail of our previous blog post, we shed some more light on contentious provisions in the Draft Serbian Data Protection Act (“Draft“). 1) Data controllers in charge of processing special categories of data overwhelmed by too many record keeping and registration requirements The Draft introduces important novelties concerning three related issues: data protection impact assessment, […]
Following our first blog post of 10 November, we now turn to some of the key provisions in the Draft Serbian Data Protection Act (“Draft“) which, in our opinion, compare poorly with the corresponding provisions in the Serbian DPA’s Model personal data protection act (“Model“), the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) (“Directive“), the draft EU data protection regulation (“Draft […]
Тhe Ministry of Justice released a draft Personal Data Protection Act (“Draft”) on 4 November 2015. In this blog post and a few subsequent ones, we shall highlight the key features of the Draft. The Ministry invited all those interested to take part in a public debate that will last until 30 November. The Data […]
A state aid conference took place in Ljubljana on 3 November 2015, gathering competition law practitioners and interested professionals from the region to listen to two prominent state aid experts: Professor Piet Jan Slot from the University of Leiden and White & Case partner Kai Struckmann from Brussels. They provided a comprehensive overview of complex state aid issues from both theoretical […]
On October 12th 2015, the Serbian Competition Authority (“Commission”) imposed a fine for bid rigging on three transportation companies operating in Niš, Serbia’s third largest city: D&D Travel, DJD Prevoz and Jeremić Prevoz (“Undertakings”). Reading the Commission’s decision, one is struck by how imprudent and inept the Undertakings were in trying – or, rather, not trying – to […]
BDK has advised InfraCapital, the London-based infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, the European investment management arm of Prudential Plc, on Serbian and Montenegrin due diligence and regulatory matters related to the acquisition of GGE, a CEE gas supplier. Allen and Overy was international counsel to Infacapital on the deal. The BDK team involved in the […]
The publication, available in the German language, contains essential information on what foreigners must obtain in order to live and work in Serbia. Visa tips, residence and work permits, getting a job, social insurance, are some of the topics the guide covers. To view or download the Guide, follow the link. For further information or […]
Amendments to the Energy Law, which came into force on 30 December 2012 (Amendments), introduce a full-scale procedure for obtaining the energy permit (called “consent”) for the construction of small hydro-power plants with installed capacity under 1MW. Previously, this document was issued in a summary procedure. The energy permit, i.e. consent is issued by the […]
The Montenegrin competition authority rendered on 24 July 2015 a decision finding that two insurance companies, Lovćen osiguranje (member of Triglav group) and Sava osiguranje had concluded three illegal restrictive agreements on the market of non-life insurance. The first affected agreement is between the two insurers, and it regulates their joint positioning on the insurance […]
The South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal), an organization gathering ten leading national law firms from 12 Southeast European Countries, has published a guide to Taking and Enforcing Security in Southeast Europe. The guide helps in-house counsels, finance professionals and legal practitioners navigate their way around security taking or enforcement across the 12 jurisdictions […]
