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April 06, 2022

XIV Belgrade Open Pre-Moot held in Belgrade

Last weekend (April 1-3, 2022), XIV Belgrade Open Pre-Moot, i.e., the competition of law students from all over the world in the matter of commercial and arbitration law was held in Belgrade. This competition is one of the leading pre-moot tournaments for Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot - a student competition in the aforesaid matter that has been held in Vienna for almost three decades. This year's Belgrade competition, held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, was attended by students from 25 countries, i.e., about 50 teams, many of which recorded extremely good results,...

March 30, 2022

What if an authority for personal data protection violates personal data?

An interesting case occurred before a while in Norway, when the authority competent for personal data protection was subject to complaint for infringement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”). More about the similar case that occurred in Denmark in 2020 is available here. Complaint According to the complaint, which was decided by the third, i.e., impartial body, upon the decision of the competent ministry, the infringement of GDPR provisions was perpetrated in relation to the manner of keeping, i.e., administering of the website of the respective authority, in terms of the following GDPR articles: Article 6(1), since...

March 24, 2022

Deadline for submission of archive book transcript for 2021 expires on April 30

According to the Law on Archival Materials and Services (Official Gazette of RS no. 6/2020) (“the Law”), creators and holders of archival and documentary material shall be obliged, in addition to other obligations set out by the Law and by-laws passed thereunder, to submit to the competent archive a transcript of archive book no later than April 30 of the current year, for documentary material created in the previous year. Obligation to submit archive book transcript Namely, as we have already written (in texts available here, here and here), the Law has started to apply on February 2, 2021, and...

March 17, 2022

Recommendation of the Government of Serbia to employers regarding the use of annual leave of employees for 2021

On March 14, 2022, the Conclusion of the Government of Serbia 05 no. 131-2240/2022 was published in the Official Gazette of RS no. 33/2022, which includes a recommendation to employers regarding the provision of using the annual leave to employees who did not use their annual leave for 2021 due to extraordinary circumstances because of COVID-19 epidemic (“Conclusion”). Subject matter of the Conclusion According to the Conclusion, it is recommended to employers in the territory of Republic of Serbia to enable employees who did not use their annual leave for 2021 due to the nature of work in extraordinary circumstances...

March 07, 2022

Publishing of personal data in media – when it shall not be held a privacy violation?

Acting on the filed request for establishing of the violation of right to personal data protection, the Croatian data protection authority (“Authority”) passed on December 30, 2021, a decision pursuant to which publishing of personal data shall not be held violation of the right to protection thereof provided that it is made for the public interest. Facts The request concerned is filed due to the article published in an online newspaper, with regards to the spending of public funds approved by the European Social Fund for implementation of a particular project. Namely, the said article included a table containing –...

February 28, 2022

„Do-not-call“ registry – What data protection does it provide in practice?

The Croatian data protection authority has recently passed a decision establishing the violation of the right to personal data protection in terms of the articles 5, 6 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation of EU 2016/679 (“GDPR”), due to a phone call made to the number listed in “Do-not-call” registry. Facts and Holding The respective decision established that a company has unlawfully processed personal data, by calling the phone number of a natural person listed in “Do-not-call” registry, with the request to partake in a survey, hence in this manner the natural person concerned had clearly denied its...

February 25, 2022

Compensation for Damages Following Data Breach

By the judgement of December 9, 2021, rendered in the case no. 31 O 16606/20, District Court Munich, pursuant to the provisions of Article 82 of the General Data Protection Regulation of EU 2016/679 (“GDPR”), granted compensation for non-material damages suffered as a result of data breach, as well as compensation of future material damages in relation thereto. This is one of the first court decisions in Germany to award damages following breach of the GDPR, thus it is of particular significance for the respective matter. Facts of the case The decision concerned is brought in a proceeding initiated due...

February 11, 2022

Draft Law on Internship – Awaiting the Final Proposal

At the end of 2021, there was a public debate on the Draft Law on Internship, proposed by the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs (“the Draft”), while the final proposal is pending. What does internship imply? The Draft regulates the issue of time-limited work engagement organized by employer, that enables an intern to obtain practical experience, specific knowledge and skills within an occupation, as well as the manner of obtaining such experience, knowledge and skills through internship, and rights, obligations and responsibilities of both employers and interns. In accordance with the above, the Draft defines internship as...

February 04, 2022

State Aid in the Field of Public Information

On January 29, 2022, the Regulation on Conditions and Criteria for Alignment of State Aid in the Field of Public Information, published in the Official Gazette of RS no. 9/2022 of January 21, 2022 (“the Regulation”), entered into force, specifying the conditions and criteria for alignment of state aid for financing public broadcasting service and production of media contents aimed at realization of public interest in the field of public information, as well as for organization and participation in scientific and thematic conferences, and improvement of professional and ethical standards in the field of public information. As a reminder, the...

January 31, 2022

Cadastral Alarm – Prevention of Abuse relating to Real Estate

The Republic Geodetic Authority (“RGA”) has recently, within implementation of the new real estate cadastre information system, launched a Cadastral Alarm, which serves to monitor the cases, i.e. changes relating to real estate. The respective application has been created with a view to alarming the real estate owner or any other person with legal interest with regards to all changes in relation to real estate. In this manner, an interested party can obtain real time information if someone files for change of data concerning real estate (e.g. change of ownership, entry of notes and burdens, court dispute, correction of errors),...

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