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June 26, 2024

New Rules for the Protection of Minors in the Provision of Media Services

On May 18, 2024, the Rulebook on the Protection of the Rights of Minors in the Provision of Media Services ("Rulebook on Minors") came into force, adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Electronic Media. The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media ("REM") recently passed a set of regulations regarding the provision of media services, which came into force in May 2024. The new Rulebook on Conditions and Criteria for Issuing a License for the Provision of Media Services ("Rulebook on Licenses") has drawn particular attention. Unlike the previously applicable rulebook, the Rulebook on Licenses does not prescribe...

June 24, 2024

“Open Banking” in Serbia and Membership in the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA)

Modernization of Payment Services The National Bank of Serbia (“NBS”) has prepared a Draft Amendments to the Law on Payment Services (“Draft”) and invited experts and other interested parties to submit their suggestions and comments as part of a public consultation by 27 June 2024. Over the past decade, the NBS has advocated for continuous improvement and digitalization of the payment services market in Serbia, implementing various norms and optimizing payment infrastructure. The adoption of the Law on Payment Services (“Law”) in 2014, followed by amendments in 2018, largely aligned the payment services sector with European Union (“EU”) regulations. By...

June 24, 2024

Privacy vs. Safety: Facial Recognition Systems

Facial recognition has recently become something mundane: for example, every day we can see smartphones that offer the option to unlock the phone using the owner's face. Although this advanced functionality can be justified (and sometimes very useful) for such private needs, its use in public spaces is controversial. In these situations, it can lead to a deep intrusion into the privacy of a large number of individuals who not only did not have the possibility to express whether they want to be recorded, but often do not even know they are being recorded. In this regard, recording large public...

June 19, 2024

PR Legal is Pleased to Introduce the Newest Member of Our Team!

We are excited to share that attorney Anja Berić has joined PR Legal as a Senior Associate. Anja's expertise in IT law, data protection, corporate law, and intellectual property law will further enhance the quality of services we provide to our clients. “We are pleased to introduce Anja as a new member of our team. Anja has significant experience in areas that are the focus of many of our clients, and we have no doubt that she will quickly adapt to our distinctive way and style of work. PR Legal takes pride in its team spirit, and I believe that...

June 18, 2024

Do Reasons for the Termination of a Fixed-Term Employment Contract Need to be Explained in Case of a Reduction in the Volume of Work?

Recently, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia, in Decision no. Rev2 742/22 dated June 15, 2023, took the stance that when an employee was aware in advance that their employment was time-limited depending on the nature and volume of work, such an employment may last shorter than a certain tentative period. Consequently, the employer does not have the obligation to explain the reduction in the volume of work in the termination resolution. This would be a situation where the employment contract states that it is concluded for a fixed term, in accordance with Article 37, paragraph 1 of...

June 18, 2024

PR Legal is Pleased to Introduce the Newest Member of Our Team!

We are pleased to announce that Anja Stanojević has joined the PR Legal law firm as a Junior Associate. Anja brings with her a desire to learn and improve, enthusiasm, and we believe her energy will contribute to our collective success. She will be completing her internship at our firm, and we are confident that working with our team will be a motivating experience for her. "Anja is a positive individual with a great eagerness to acquire new knowledge," stated our Managing Partner Milan Petrović, "and it is a pleasure to work with young, ambitious people." You can read Anja’s...

June 12, 2024

Partners from PR Legal participated in the Legalink General Meeting in Stockholm

Partners from the PR Legal law firm participated in the regular Legalink General Meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 5 to 8. Legalink is an international network of around 70 independent, corporate-oriented law firms, with members from most of the world's major business centers and currently comprising over 3,500 legal professionals. PR Legal has been a proud member of this network since 2020. "We gladly attend events organized by Legalink and look forward to meeting colleagues from around the world," said our Managing Partner Ivana Ružičić, adding: "The new Legalink logo, presented on the last day of the General...

May 30, 2024

Supreme Court: Overtime Work Can Exist Without Employer’s Resolution or Written Request

Recently, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia, in Ruling no. Rev2 3092/21 dated June 22, 2023, took the stance that for the existence of overtime work, it is not necessary for there to be a written request or resolution by the employer to introduce overtime work. Therefore, staying longer at work to complete tasks that by their nature had to be done on the same day constitutes overtime work. Below we analyze the reasoning behind the ruling. Case Circumstances The plaintiff worked as the head of a bank branch, with working hours from 9 am to 5 pm,...

May 28, 2024

Violation of Privacy Rights through Publication in the Media: Using Photos from Individuals Social Media Profiles

In an era where social media has become an integral part of daily life, the issue of privacy protection is gaining increasing importance. Typically, social media platforms offer mechanisms to control access to the content which individuals share on their profiles, including the so-called profile "locking". On the other hand, content on "unlocked" profiles is accessible to an unlimited number of people, allowing anyone who visits a particular profile to view the content created or published by its owner. Additionally, one of the current topics is the permissibility of publishing photos from "unlocked" profiles of individuals by the media, which...

May 22, 2024

New Requirements for Electronic Signing of Financial Statements Starting From 2025

As we wrote in one of our previous articles (available here), for the purpose of properly submitting financial statements to the Serbian Business Registers Agency (“SBRA”), it is necessary for the electronic document to be signed with a qualified electronic signature. Previously, in situations where the document was signed by co-signatories, and one of them did not possess a qualified electronic signature (which was most often the case with foreign nationals), the SBRA accepted the financial statement signed with a qualified electronic signature of one signatory along with the written consent of the other signatory, which did not have to...

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