On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, representatives of Commission for Protection of Competition and members of Working group for law drafting presented the Draft Law on Protection of Competition to AmCham members.
AmCham Serbia expresses concern due to the violation of the principle of predictability of the business environment in the process of passing the Law on Compensations for Use of Public Goods, which was adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on December 7, 2018.
President of the AmCham Board of Governors, Jelena Pavlović, in an interview given to Tanjug, announced that the great number of AmCham company members that do business in 18 different sectors are planning new employment, but that the number of new workplaces will depend on business results this year.
Representatives of AmCham members in the health and safety at work sector exchanged experiences and discussed new trends in the area.
For the first time since a public discussion was held at the beginning of the year, representatives of AmCham members had a chance to see the latest version of the Draft Law on Compensation for the Use of Public Goods.
Representatives from the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Zorica Vulić and Nikola Novović, and the National Employment Service, Snežana Nekvasil i Biljana Ljubisavljević presented to AmCham members Amendments to the Law on Foreigners and Employment of Foreigners.
In the first time in four years, draft amendments of tax regulations have been open to public discussion with the business sector, and AmCham members had a chance in direct discussion with the Assistant Minister of Finance Dragan Demirović and members of his team to hear explanation of the Amendments to the Law on Property Taxes, make comments and point to problems from practice.
AmCham members’ representatives had a chance to discuss, during drafting, Amendments on the Law on Enforcement and Security, which is planned to be implemented by the Government, by the end of 2018. Representatives are actively involved in the process of formatting the Amendments on this Law, and the Round-table was a great opportunity to make members familiar with the main intentions of the amendments in an early phase, as well as to influence its content.
During a three-day training session on Illicit Trade Over the Internet representatives from the Tax Administration, Tax Police and Trade Inspection, had a chance to hear useful information from Branko Stamenković, Deputy Republic Prosecutor and Dragan Jovanović, Deputy Head of Department of High-Tech Crime from the Ministry of the Interior.
State secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure Aleksandra Damnjanović presented to AmCham members a new Law on Registration in the Cadastre, was adopted on May 25th, 2018, and answered members’ questions about its future implementation
