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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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)....

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27 October 2017

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')....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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)....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

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....

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27 October 2017

Slovakia: Public Procurement

BUSINESS WITH THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITIES: NEW REQUIREMENTS. The Slovak Act on Public Procurement no. 25/2006 Coll. ("Act") was recently amended by the Act no. 252/2015 ("Amendment"). In this respect, a new register of final beneficiaries will be established by the Slovak Office for Public Procurement ("ÚVO") on 1 November 2015. (...)...

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27 October 2017

Negativzinsen beim Kreditvertrag

DERZEITIGER DISKUSSIONSSTAND. Die Frage, wie Zinsen – berechnet aus einem Referenzzinssatz wie z.B. EURIBOR und Marge – in bestehenden Kreditverhältnissen zu interpretieren sind, wird derzeit heftig diskutiert. Dies insbesondere dann, wenn diese Verträge keine Regelung dahingehend enthalten, was bei einem negativen Indikator gelten soll. Im Raum stehen dabei im Wesentlichen zwei Szenarien. Alternative 1: der negative Referenzzinssatz wird bei null oder nahezu null "eingefroren", d.h. die Marge bleibt voll erhalten. Alternative 2: der negative Referenzzinssatz schlägt durch und reduziert (bei entsprechend niedrigem Wert) die Marge bzw. könnte dazu führen, dass sich der gesamte Sollzinssatz ins Negative dreht und damit der Fall eintritt, dass der Kreditgeber dem Kreditnehmer dieses negative Ergebnis gutzuschreiben hätte. (...)...

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