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The corporate income tax law — Serbia — 2015
The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted on 29 December 2015 amendments to a number of tax laws, including the Corporate Income Tax Law, Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration, Personal Income Tax and Law on Mandatory Social Security Contributions....
Long awaited and much anticipated: Poland’s new act on restructuring: its significance for debtors and creditors.
The majority of provisions of the new Act on Restructuring Law (Journal of Laws from 2015, item 978) (the "Restructuring Law") become effective as of the 1st of January 2016. The new law implements the so called „politics of the new or second chance” and seeks to provide balanced protection of entrepreneurs, workplaces, creditors and employees in the face of a company's financial problems. In contrast to prior law, bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings will be regulated in two separate acts....
BVergG-Novelle 2015 beschlossen / Der Letztstand im Überblick
Am 10.12.2015 hat die Novelle zum BVergG nach Vornahme letzter – nicht unwesentlicher – Änderungen den Nationalrat passiert. In Kraft treten werden die neuen Regelungen (nach entsprechender Zustimmung des Bundesrats) am 1.3.2016....
Austria: Die Neuerungen des Arbeitsmarktpakets
Am 10.12.2015 hat das Parlament das Arbeitsrechts-Änderungsgesetz 2015 sowie ein arbeitsrechtliches Elternpaket beschlossen. Wesentliche arbeitsrechtliche Änderungen treten mit 1.1.2016 in Kraft....
Serbia: Employers with more than 10 employees must adopt an internal “whistleblower act”
The Serbian Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers (the Whistleblower Law), applicable as of 5 June 2015, introduced rules governing the rights and obligations of both employers and employee whistleblowers; on the same date, the Ministry of Justice also adopted a bylaw to further regulate internal procedures regarding whistleblowers for all employers with more than 10 employees (the Bylaw)....
How to avoid errors in public procurement funded by EU
On 30 October 2015 the European Commission published a new Guidance to assist contracting authorities across the EU member states to avoid the most common errors in planning and delivering purchases of public works, supplies or services funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds ('Guidance')....
A Munka törvénykönyvének 2016-Os Változásai
Kedves Partnerünk! A Munka Törvénykönyvéről szóló 2012. évi I. törvény közel három éve lépett hatályba, ezért szükségessé vált az elmúlt évek gyakorlatában felmerült bizonytalanságok, esetleges vitás kérdések rendezése. A vonatkozó törvényjavaslatot a Kormány előkészítette és benyújtotta az Országgyűlésnek, a változások várhatóan 2016. január 1-jén fognak hatályba lépni. Az alábbi linkre kattintva elérheti irodánk munkajogi hírlevelét, amelyben az általunk legjelentősebbnek tartott törvénymódosítási javaslatokat foglaltuk össze. Bízunk benne, hogy az abban foglalt információkat hasznosnak fogja találni....
Serbia: New law on investment
On 4 November 2015, the new Serbian Law on Investment came into force, thereby replacing the long-standing Law on Foreign Investment. This consequently supersedes sections of the current Law on Foreign Trade and the Law on Regional Development....
Serbia: New special collective bargaining agreement for chemistry and non-metals in Serbia
A new Special Collective Bargaining Agreement for Chemistry and Non-Metals (1) (the CBA) was recently concluded in Serbia, with effect as of 22 November 2015 until 22 November 2018. The CBA is binding on all employers that carry out industrial or manufacturing activities in the field of chemistry and non-metals (2) in Serbia (3)....
Amendments to the law on personal data processing and protection of private life in the electronic communications sector
Law no. 235/2015 for the amendment and supplementation of Law no. 506/2004 on the personal data processing and protection of private life in the electronic communications sector ("Law 235/2015") was published in the Romanian Official Gazette no. 767 of 14 October 2015 and entered into force on 17 October 2015....
IP & IT newsticker in CEE/SEE – October 2015
Our regional firm is one of the leading firms with a focus on IP/IT practice and, naturally, we monitor the progress within this sector very closely. Below, please find up-to-date summaries of the news from the IP/IT sector in the region that might be interesting for you....
A grand chamber of the Polish supreme administrative court ruled on taxable revenue derived from an asset contribution to a capital company.
The written justification of the Polish Supreme Administrative court's ruling on taxable revenue derived from an in-kind contribution in exchange for shares of a nominal value lower than the fair market value of the contributed asset has recently been published. The oral justification of the ruling was published on 20. July 2015....