Nachdem die Europäische Kommission im Jänner das Standardformular für die Einheitliche Europäische Eigenerklärung kundgemacht hat, ist diese seit 18.4.2016 verpflichtend bei Vergabeverfahren im Oberschwellenbereich zu berücksichtigen....

On 19 April 2016 the Bulgarian Council of Ministers published a draft for the new Concessions Act (the "Draft CA"), which will replace the current framework regulating concessions and PPPs in Bulgaria. The Draft CA comes at a time when several significant concession procedures are to be launched in Bulgaria, including the concession of Sofia Airport, the concession of the Sofia Urban Heating....

Further to our newsletter sent on 31 March 2016, on the Emergency Government Ordinance no. 7/2016 we continue with an analysis on the new provisions set forth on the execution of FIDIC contracts with emphasis on the payment mechanism of amounts awarded as a result of dispute adjudication boards ("DAB") decisions....

EU legislation that will enter into force in July 2016 brings new obligations for the FSA and the financial market entities....

Another amendment to the Polish Industrial Property Law will come into force on 15 April 2016. This comes in addition to the already significant changes that came into force in 2015....

On 17 April 2016 another amendments to competition and consumers' law regime will come into force. The changes introduce new mechanisms and powers to the Competition Authority which aim at better protection of consumers, especially in relation to misselling of financial products and control of abusive clauses in standard contracts....

Following the recent regulatory improvements, a potential acceleration of the Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) transactions in Bulgaria is in the spotlight for the market participants. One of the first steps in executing of the reforms, pushed by the Bulgarian National Bank, was the initiation of the Asset Quality Review (AQR) of the Bulgarian banking institutions (22 out of 28 banks operating on the local market)....

The Government published its draft legislation on 18 March 2016 aiming to override the present renewable energy support scheme of the electricity generation from renewable sources, the essential elements and expected effects of which we summarise in our latest Client Alert....

Дългоочакваните промени в европейската правна рамка на търговските марки вече са факт - Регламент (ЕС) 2015/24241 ("Регламентът"), който е с пряка приложимост на територията на всяка държава-членка, влезе в сила на 23 март 2016 г., а Директива (ЕС) 2015/24362 ("Директивата") трябва да бъде транспонирана в националните законодателства на държавите-членки до 14 януари 2019 г....

On 24 March 2016 the National Bank of Ukraine (“NBU”) approved Resolution No. 192 ("Resolution 192"), which introduced changes to the NBU's recent Resolution No. 140 dated 3 March 2016 "On Regulation of the Situation in the Monetary and Foreign Exchange Markets of Ukraine"....

Emergency Government Ordinance no. 7/2016 on several measures for acceleration of the implementation of trans-European transport infrastructure projects, as well as for the amendment and supplementation of certain legislation (“EGO 7/2016”) entered in force on 18 March 2016....

The Labour Law which entered into force on 20 August 2015 has been repealed and as of 16 March 2016 will no longer have any legal effect. On 17 February 2016, the Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) issued a judgment (Judgment ) stating that the Labour Law of FBiH (Labour Law) was adopted in a procedure contrary to the Rules on Procedures of the House of People of the Parliament....