Astroturfing Serbian way, just when we thought we’d seen it all …
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
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Shift in case-law related to appropriation of encumbered real property
Monday, 12 June 2017
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The 2005 Serbian Law on Hypothec (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 60/2005), introduced the possibility of out-of-court collection and in particular the so-called ‘subsequent agreements’, allowing appropriation of encumbered real property instead of satisfaction of secured claim (Article 27 of the Law on Hypothec), but had its flaws that were severely
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The Supreme Court of Cassation sets an arena for the confrontation between the lawyers and the notaries
Monday, 17 April 2017
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]An issue of whether a real estate purchase agreement assembled by the notary as an authentic instrument (notarial act) is a form valid for the inscription of ownership into the real estate cadastre in Serbia, became the matter of dissagreement among the legal professionals after the recent rulling of the Supreme Court of Cassation.
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Different Courts, Different Viewpoints: Article 26 of the Law on Enforcement and Security
Sunday, 26 March 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5466″ img_size=”535×356″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] The improvement of efficiency and speeding up of enforcement proceedings were among the top priorities emphasized as justification for the enactment of the new Law on Enforcement and Security (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 106/2015 and 106/2016, hereinafter referred to as: “the Law”). Among the provisions intended
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Waste-to-energy legal regime in Serbia
Sunday, 25 September 2016
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Serbia was granted EU candidate status in March 2012 and its environmental policies and legal framework are strongly influenced by the EU accession negotiations. EU acquis screening of the Chapter 27 – Environment has been completed on 21 November 2014. While the European Commission has noted, in its 2015 assessment report, that Serbia is
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Serbia’s new Advertising Law effective as of May 6, 2016
Friday, 05 February 2016
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On January 26, 2016, Serbian Parliament adopted the new Advertising Law („Official Gazette of RS“, No. 6/2016) superseding the one that was in force since 2005 („Official Gazette of RS“, No. 79/2005). According to the statements made by the representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, the new Law aims to
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Personal Data Transfers from Serbia in view of the Schrems Ruling and invalidation of the Safe Harbor Decision
Monday, 12 October 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Decision 2000/520 of the European Commission (the Safe Harbor Decision), which stated that Safe Harbor certified US companies provide adequate protection for personal data transferred to them from the EU, was ruled invalid by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on October 6th, 2015, in its Case C‑362/14 – Schrems v [Irish] Data
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