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STUDENTSKA PRAKSA U ADVOKATSKOJ KANCELARIJI CVJETIĆANIN & PARTNERI

Advokatska kancelarija Cvjetićanin & Partneri poziva zainteresovane studente  završnih godina osnovnih akademskih studija da se prijave za učešće u letnjoj studentskoj praksi. Polaznici će biti u mogućnosti da učestvuju u radu kancelarije koja se pretežno bavi zaštitom intelektualne svojine, zaštitom podataka o ličnosti i privrednim pravom. Praksa će trajati dve nedelje, po četiri sata dnevnoArray

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DID YOU KNOW? GENDER EQUALITY MEASURES ARE FULLY EFFECTIVE

In order to comply its business operations with the new Gender Equality Act, employers with over 50 employees are required to take the following measures: Appoint of a person responsible for gender equality; To file a record of Gender Equality Data and to file Annual Report on Gender Equality to the Ministry for Human andArray

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NEW LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO PREVENT SPAMMING, “DO NOT CALL” REGISTER

In mid-September of 2021, a new Consumer Protection Law was enacted is Serbia, introducing a series of inovative solutions, some of which are designed to address the long-standing/decades-old issue of digital and telephonic harassment. Namely, the Law introduces a new register called “Do Not Call and Do Not Send Messages,” which is intended to finally preventArray

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Electronic cigarettes regulated by the new amendments to the Tobacco Law

Recently, new Amendments to the Tobacco Law were enacted, introducing significant changes to the regulation of the production, distribution, and consumption of tobacco and related products. In this digest, you can find Key Points of these Amendments: New Category The new law encompasses the increasingly prevalent category of electronic cigarettes, or related products, with orArray

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President Biden has issued Executive Order establishing guidelines for the development of AI, abandoning the “laissez faire” approach

The US leadership has preferred so far the “laissez faire” approach concetning AI, leaving the market to introduce its own self-regulatory principles. This approach gives too much power to the courts and the US administration. This order, on the other hand, mandates that developers of AI systems must share safety test results and essential informationArray

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Attorneys from the Cvjetićanin&partners law office will hold a lecture on “Employment and residence of foreigners in Serbia” – new legal regulations

Attorneys Nenad Cvjetićanin and Milica Čučković will hold a lecture on “Employment and residence of foreigners in Serbia”. The lecture concerns the new Law on Amendments to the Law on Foreigners and the Law on Employment of Foreigners. The proposed changes have been adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and it isArray

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THE “ABCs” FOR RUSSIAN CITIZENS MOVING TO SERBIA

In the previous couple of months, the number of Russian citizens applying for temporary residence permits in Serbia is significantly increasing. Competent bodies are overburdened with requests filed on different bases. More often than not, the domestic employers of the Russian citizens are handling these procedures that can be tiresome, complicated, and bureaucratic. In oneArray

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CARTA SERBICA-new repatriation initiative introduced by Serbian government

New repatriation program -CARTA SERBICA has been recently introduced allowing people with Serbian roots to obtain temporary residence and possible citizenship in the land of their ancestors. Carta Serbica program was established on the basis of amendments to the Regulation on the criteria for determining the categories of foreigners who can be granted temporary residenceArray

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Junior Associate Attorney

Junior Associate Attorney (full-time) We are searching for a tenacious, perceptive Associate Attorney to assist with managing a diverse portfolio of cases. The Associate Attorney’s responsibilities include meeting with clients to ascertain their needs, choosing the most appropriate course of action, and representing clients’ interests at meetings and in court. During the process, you willArray

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Visit of the President of AEA INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS NETWORK

Last week we hosted the President of the AEA INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS NETWORK, Pedro Beltan. The AEA-ASOCIACIÓN EUROPEA DE ABOGADOS also called AEA INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS NETWORK was created in January 2004. The AEA members have offices in the majority of the independent countries of the world (UN members) and present the largest network of lawyers in the world. Its members coverArray

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New sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

            On 4th June 2021 the European Commission issued two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs). As it is well known, these contractual clauses serve to ensure appropriate data protection safeguards for data processing and data transfers. As the SCCs adopted under the previous Data Protection Directive 95/46 became obsolete, European Commission issued modernisedArray

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PLATFORM-TO-BUSINESS (P2B) REGULATION

The Platform-to-Business (P2B) Regulation 2019/1150 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, known as the Platform-to-Business (P2B) Regulation, is applicable from 12th July, 2020, allacross the Eurepean Union. Ratio legis of Platform-to-Business (P2B) Regulation Todayit is almost impossible to imagine an online market without the world-famous paltform based companies suchArray

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A FINE OF NEARLY 300.000,00 EUR FOR VIOLATION OF GDPR IN HUNGARY

A fine of HUF 100 million (almost EUR 300.000,00) has been imposed in our neighboring country for violating the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: GDPR). The Hungarian Data Protection Authority fined the company named DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft (hereinafter: DIGI) for personal data breach. WHAT HAPPEND? Recently, an ethical hacker (alsoArray

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Law office Cvjetićanin&Partners of counsil appointed arbiter with the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Committee

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia has, upon the proposal of the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS), a private not-for-profit foundation that manages Serbian country-code top-level (ccTLD) internet domains, .RS and .СРБ (the Cyrillic ccTLD internet domain), established the List of  Arbiters of the Committee for the Resolution of Disputes Relating toArray

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Financial incentives provided by republic of Serbia

LAW OFFICE CVJETICANIN&PARTNERS In addition to existing benefits such as its strategic geographic location, duty-free exports to the countries of Southeast Europe and Russia, one of the lowest corporate tax rate in Europe of 15% and an educated and experienced workforce available at a competitive cost, Serbia offers financial support to investors. The funds mayArray

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Company types provided by Serbian legislation

Law office Cvjeticanin&Partners presents summary of company types Foreign investors can conduct business as an entrepreneur or found a company in the form of: Joint Stock Company (a.d.), Limited Liability Company (d.o.o.), Limited Partnership (k.d.), General Partnership (o.d.). The most common company type is a Limited Liability Company, which requires merely RSD 100 for incorporation.Array

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Amendments to the Company Law Adopted

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia has adopted the Law on the Amendments to the Company Law (hereinafter: the Law) on June 8, 2018. The Law was published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 44/2018 on the same day. According to its provisions, the Law’s entry into force occurs gradually,Array

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Groundbreaking case

The question of punitive damages (multiplied royalty fees in case of intentional IP infringement) to be a controversial question not only in Serbia, but across the Europe. Cvjeticanin@partners law firm represented a trademark holder in a complex legal proceeding based on a trademark infringement, involving also a related typo-squatting case previously ended in favor ofArray