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May 12, 2023

Guidelines on data protection in proceedings before the Commission for the Protection of Competition have been published

At the 120th session held on 7 April 2023, the Council of the Commission for Protection of Competition issued an Instruction on the content and method of submitting a request for imposing data protection measure ("Instructions"), which specifies in more detail the content and method of submitting a request for imposing a measure of protection of data source and/or certain data, in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Competition ("Law"). Namely, pursuant to provisions of Article 45 of the Law, the Commission for Protection of Competition (“Commission”) is entitled to impose a measure for protection of data source...

May 11, 2023

PR Legal exclusive country contributor to CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: Employment 2023 for Serbia

PR Legal had an immense pleasure to be the exclusive country contributor to CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: Employment 2023 for Serbia. CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: Employment 2023 looks at critical labor and employment legal aspects, such as hiring, from contracting to employment versus independent contractor status, as well as home office, contract modification, termination, wage and hours, collective labor law aspects from trade unions to works councils, transfers of undertakings, and labor investigations. Our Managing Partner Ivana Ružičić Ruzicic and Senior Associate Lara Maksimović were delighted to share their insights on the above matters. The full guide is available on the following...

May 05, 2023

Chatbots and Personal Data Protection – a Recent Case from Italy

After the Italian authority for personal data protection had imposed a temporary prohibition of viral ChatGPT application due to unlawful personal data processing by OpenAI, the start-up company that developed this platform, the issue of personal data protection in the context of artificial intelligence came to the fore. What are chatbots? Chatbots are software for online communication and interaction with users, which operates without a human factor engagement. Namely, this is an advanced technology that applies fully automatized processes, i.e., communicates with customers by writing or pronouncing certain words or even through other applications installed on mobile phones or other...

May 05, 2023

We’re expanding our team!

We are currently looking for a Legal Trainee to join the firm's team with: University degree in Law obtained at a university in the Republic of Serbia; Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Strong interpersonal, writing and analytical skills; Keen attention to detail; Written and spoken fluency in English; Proficient use of Windows, MS Office. To apply for this position please send your CV via email to recruitment@prlegal.rs. Closing date for applications is May 26, 2023. Only selected candidates will be contacted. All submissions will be treated confidentially. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn how we process your personal...

May 04, 2023

Managing partners of the PR Legal team held a lecture at the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade

On May 3, 2023, our Managing Partners Ivana Ružičić and Milan Petrović had the opportunity and honor to visit the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade and give another lecture to the students within the Case Study course. The subject matter of the lecture was Evidentiary procedure and means of evidence in litigation proceeding, and the students had the opportunity to find themselves in the role of a judge, i.e, to pass a judgement in one of the analyzed cases, based on the presented evidence. In addition to getting acquainted with the case law, the aim of the respective...

April 26, 2023

Incorporation of business entities shall be possible only electronically after 17 May 2023

Amendments to the Law on Registration Procedure at the Business Registers Agency ("Law") were published in the Official Gazette no. 105/2021 from 8 November 2021. Although the amendments to the Law entered into force on the eighth day from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, i.e. on 16 November 2021, certain provisions of the Law entered into force on 17 November 2022, i.e. on 17 May 2023. One of the provisions of the Law that shall be applied starting from May this year concerns the amendment of Article 9 of the Law and practically means that after...

April 19, 2023

Taxation of Income Earned by a Resident Natural Person from a Foreign Legal Entity on the basis of Work in Serbia

On 18 January 2023, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia issued opinion no. 011-00-940/2022-04, which refers to taxation of income earned by a natural person – foreign national and tax resident of the Republic of Serbia from a foreign legal entity on the basis of work in the territory of Serbia (“the Opinion”). Content of the Opinion According to the Opinion, the income earned by a natural person - foreign national and tax resident of the Republic of Serbia from a foreign legal entity on the basis of work in the territory of Serbia, under the employment...

April 18, 2023

PR Legal re-ranked at The Legal 500

We are deeply proud and pleased to announce that our law firm PR Legal has been re-ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 as one of the leading offices in Serbia in the field of employment law. What has notably contributed to the abovesaid ranking on this prestigious list is the successful advising of the clients with regards to the structuring and implementation of various projects which, among other things, include significant changes concerning the organizational units and workplaces, as well as general acts, employment contracts and other documentation in relation thereto. Some of our clients’ recommendations: “Clients are amazed...

April 12, 2023

Scope of the Right of Access to Personal Data – An Interesting Case from Austria

Recently, the European Court of Justice passed a significant judgment regarding the exercise of the right of access by the data subject, in relation to the case that happened in Austria in this respect. Details of the case Namely, the Austrian postal service maintained an extensive database of Austrian residents, which data were shared with third parties (e.g., advertisers, humanitarian organizations, etc.). When the data subjects requested information about the individual recipients of their personal data from the subject postal service as the controller, the post rejected their request, and listed only categories of recipients, but did not individualize them...

April 05, 2023

Changes in Submission of Tax Return for Annual Personal Income Tax

As mentioned in one of our previous articles (available here), the application of amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax, which were published in the Official Gazette of RS no. 138/2022 of 12 December 2022 and which stipulate that the annual personal income tax shall be paid by self-taxation and not on the basis of the decision rendered by the competent tax authority, which was the case so far, commenced on 1 January 2023. In relation thereto, the Rulebook on Tax Return for Annual Personal Income Tax (Official Gazette of RS no. 24/2023) was passed, and it entered into...

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