The Serbian Competition Authority Launches a Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry
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The Serbian Competition Authority Launches a Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry

On 10 January 2025, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") announced it has opened an inquiry into the pharmaceutical sector.
Raško Radovanović
January 13, 2025
Uber's GDPR Breaches: Lessons in Transparency and Facilitating Data Subjects’ Rights
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Uber's GDPR Breaches: Lessons in Transparency and Facilitating Data Subjects’ Rights

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “DPA”) imposed a EUR 10 million fine against Uber in December 2023 for multiple breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
Luka Radojević
October 30, 2024
Rejection of Roche/ADOC exclusivity exemption: A sign of a stricter approach of the Serbian competition authority?
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Rejection of Roche/ADOC exclusivity exemption: A sign of a stricter approach of the Serbian competition authority?

The Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has denied Roche and ADOC's request to extend their exclusive distribution agreement exemption, marking a significant shift in regulatory oversight. This July 2024 decision affects the distribution of three crucial pharmaceuticals: Kadcyla, Perjeta, and Tecentriq.
Raško Radovanović
October 23, 2024
New antitrust block exemption regulations in the pipeline in Serbia – focus on vertical agreements
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New antitrust block exemption regulations in the pipeline in Serbia – focus on vertical agreements

On 4 July 2024 the Serbian competition regulator – the Commission for Protection of Competition (“CPC”) published its draft proposals of four new regulations on exemption of certain categories of agreements from the prohibition of restrictive agreements (block exemption regulations, “BERs”).
Raško Radovanović
July 22, 2024
Main takeaways from the Atlantic/Strauss concerted practice case
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Main takeaways from the Atlantic/Strauss concerted practice case

On 29 February 2024, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition ("CPC") published its infringement decision against Atlantic Grupa d.d. and its Serbian subsidiaries, Atlantic Brands d.o.o. and Atlantic Grand d.o.o., ("Atlantic Group") and Strauss Adriatic d.o.o. ("Strauss") from 29 December 2023 ("Decision").
RS Partners
April 1, 2024
Amendments to the Law on Tobacco – A Big Step Towards Harmonization with the EU Legislation
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Amendments to the Law on Tobacco – A Big Step Towards Harmonization with the EU Legislation

In late October 2023, the Serbian Parliament was quite busy with a significant number of legislative changes and novelties on its docket at the 26 October session. One of the items on the list was also the adoption of the long-awaited Law on Amendments to the Law on Tobacco ("Law"), which entered into force on 4 November 2023 ("Effective Date").
RS Partners
December 1, 2023