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Institutional mechanism for protecting competition established
Belgrade,
22 December 2009
Minister of Trade and Services Slobodan Milosavljevic today stated that one of his Ministry’s major achievements in 2009 is the establishment of the institutional mechanism for the protection of competition.
Presenting his Ministry’s achievements in 2009, Milosavljevic acquainted a press conference with the results of two surveys about the business climate in Serbia and the tendencies and expectations of companies providing business services, stressing that the adoption of the Anti-Monopoly Law enabled the establishment of this mechanism.
He said that the institutional mechanism was set up thanks to the adoption of the accompanying bylaws and the ongoing public competition for the positions of the president and members of the Anti-Monopoly Commission’s Council.
The European Commission noted that Serbia has made progress in this area, which helped to unfreeze the transitional trade agreement, he explained.
For the first time Serbia can finally boast the Trade Sector Development Strategy, Milosavljevic said, noting that trade is the most vital part of economy and contributes a great deal to GDP.
With the implementation of the Law on general product safety and the Law on e-commerce our plans for 2009 have been fulfilled, the Minister said.
As for the introduction of fiscal cash registers in Serbia, the Minister stressed that the state is determined to complete the process before March 1, 2010, adding that taxi drivers have been granted a longer deadline for objective reasons.
This process is the last stage of the state’s organised fight against the grey economy and illegal market, Milosavljevic said.
Taxi drivers have been given a postponement for the introduction of fiscal cash registers because the implementation of this law would coincide with the enforcement of the Law on road safety, he explained.
The Minister endorsed the motion to toughen up the law to allow for the seizure of unlicensed taxi drivers’ vehicles and their permanent removal from the streets.
He said that the institutional mechanism was set up thanks to the adoption of the accompanying bylaws and the ongoing public competition for the positions of the president and members of the Anti-Monopoly Commission’s Council.
The European Commission noted that Serbia has made progress in this area, which helped to unfreeze the transitional trade agreement, he explained.
For the first time Serbia can finally boast the Trade Sector Development Strategy, Milosavljevic said, noting that trade is the most vital part of economy and contributes a great deal to GDP.
With the implementation of the Law on general product safety and the Law on e-commerce our plans for 2009 have been fulfilled, the Minister said.
As for the introduction of fiscal cash registers in Serbia, the Minister stressed that the state is determined to complete the process before March 1, 2010, adding that taxi drivers have been granted a longer deadline for objective reasons.
This process is the last stage of the state’s organised fight against the grey economy and illegal market, Milosavljevic said.
Taxi drivers have been given a postponement for the introduction of fiscal cash registers because the implementation of this law would coincide with the enforcement of the Law on road safety, he explained.
The Minister endorsed the motion to toughen up the law to allow for the seizure of unlicensed taxi drivers’ vehicles and their permanent removal from the streets.
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