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AmCham’s 9th Conference on Intellectual Property Rights Protection

09.11.2011. | Kovilovo

Legislation Completed – Focus on Implementation

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The Finance Committee submitted input on the by-law regulating intra-corporative netting, commented on Draft Decision on registration of foreign credit operations and advocated for amendments to the Mortgage Law

28.10.2011. | Belgrade

Over past couple of months, The AmCham Finance Committee took several steps toward reaching goals from its 2011 agenda.

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The Health Care Committee joined forces with Inovia and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

24.10.2011. | Belgrade

The AmCham Health Care Committee, Inovia and the Group of Pharmaceutical Manufactures of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia sent a joint letter to the Ministry of Health and Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices regarding procedure for renewal of drugs registration and promotion of medicines.

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AmCham Tax Committee representatives meet with Assistant Minister of Finance Nataša Kovačević

21.10.2011. | Belgrade

On October 20th, AmCham Steering Committee representatives met with Assistant Minister Nataša Kovačević, Head of the Group for Sales Taxes Ms. Irina Stevanović Gavrović, and Ms. Biljana Todorović and Ms. Biljana Milić from the Corporate Income Tax Group to discuss issues on the Tax Committee Annual Agenda.

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Reauthorization of the GSP program

20.10.2011. | Washington

U.S. Congress has passed legislation reauthorizing the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the President will sign the measure on Friday, October 21, 2011.

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AmCham HR Committee organizes a Coaching, Assessment and Development Workshop, hosted by Pedersen & Partners

19.10.2011. | Belgrade

This workshop, designed for business leaders and human resources professionals, was an opportunity to become familiar with key trends in this area, to experiment with selected “best practice” leadership engagement approaches, to reflect upon personal experiences, and to take away practical tools and techniques applicable in the workplace.

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AmCham, FIC and SCC join forces against extended application of branch collective agreements

14.10.2011. | Belgrade

AmCham, Foreign Investors Council (FIC) and Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SCC) sent joint letter to Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Mr. Rasim Ljajić, advocating against extended application of branch collective agreements (BCAs) and its impact on overall business climate.

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HR Committee host workshop on “How to Find Your Talents and How to Keep Them to Support Your Success?”

01.10.2011.

The workshop evolved around the results of the research project “The journey to 2020”, which explored how people challenges will develop by 2020.

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New Decree on Conversion Adopted by the Government of Serbia

14.09.2011. | Belgrade

The Government of Serbia has adopted a new Decree on the conditions, criteria and procedure for the conversion of the right to use land into ownership right and the manner for determining market value of construction land and the conversion fee. This decree replaces two previous Decrees on Conversion, one that refers to the conversion procedure and the other to the criteria for determining compensation for conversion.

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Public Discussion on Draft Restitution Law

30.08.2011. | Belgrade

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AmCham Receives Positive Feedback on Input to Improvement of Public Procurement Process

24.08.2011. | Belgrade

AmCham participated in the effort of the Government of Serbia to improve its public procurement regime. During July, the Ministry of Finance held a public discussion on the Draft Strategy on Public Procurement Development, which should be followed by amendments to the Public Procurement Law and some by-laws.

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Five Roundtables on Inspections Held in Serbian Cities

25.07.2011. | Serbia

Over the past few months, the USAID Business Enabling Project (BEP), along with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Chambers of Valjevo, Niš, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Kruševac have organized five regional roundtables on the inspections system in Serbia with the aim of improving the current situation in this function. The roundtables were supported by AmCham, NALED and the Serbian Association of Employers.

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Private sector against CEFTA violation

25.07.2011. | Belgrade

AmCham, Foreign Investors Council, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Business Club “Privrednik” sent letter to Mr. Štefan Füle, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, urging European institutions to activate all available mechanisms to suspend the unilateral Decision of Kosovo Administration on banning the shipping of goods from the Republic of Serbia.

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Serbian Parliament adopts Optical Discs Law

15.07.2011. | Belgrade

Three years of AmCham’s continuous effort and advocacy towards regulation of production and trade of optical discs resulted in the adoption of an Optical Discs Law (ODL) by the Serbian Parliament on July 14, 2011.

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Roundtable on the Draft Strategy on Public Procurement Development

14.07.2011. | Belgrade

Ministry of Finance and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SCC) are jointly organizing Roundtable on the Draft Strategy on Public Procurement Development.

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AmCham is soliciting input for a by-law to the Law on Foreign Exchange (FOREX) on netting

11.07.2011. | Belgrade

AmCham has been informed that the Ministry of Finance (FOREX inspectorate) is starting work on the FOREX by-laws and has asked for our input on netting.

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AmCham’s Public Procurement Initiative

08.07.2011. | Belgrade

Public procurement regulation and practices have been set as one of AmCham’s key focuses in 2011. As detailed suggestions were sent to the authorities last year, we have been informed that solutions for some of the problems we pointed out in our recommendations have already been incorporated in the Draft Strategy on Public Procurement.

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HR Committee met with IBM's CEE HR Manager

01.07.2011. | Belgrade

On July 1, AmCham HR Committee (HRC) members attended a briefing session on experience and mentoring, with special guest Mr. Horst Gallo, IBM CEE HR Manager.

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AmCham Joins Second Roundtable on New Draft Decree on Conversion

28.06.2011. | Belgrade

AmCham sent its comments and constructive suggestions for improvement of the First Draft Decree to the Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning. Based on these, the Decree was somewhat amended, and the Second Draft was presented at a second roundtable on June 27.

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HR Committee Holds a Focused Meeting on Flexible Workplace

15.06.2011. | AmCham

Recognizing the increasing importance of the flexible workplace in today’s modern business environment, AmCham’s HR Committee added this topic to its sharing-experience activities for 2011. On June 9, Danijela Vučković of Merck Sharp & Dohme presented guiding principles and different aspects of the topic.

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