Five years after the explanatory and bilateral screening, Negotiating Chapter 16, which refers to taxation, has not been open for negotiations. According to the 2016 and 2017 EC reports, the key problem standing in the way of opening the chapter is the unequal excise burden on domestic and imported coffee and strong alcoholic beverages.

Consumer law in Serbia is the result of the legal reception of European consumer law, which has been implemented in the past ten years as part of Serbia’s legal harmonisation and EU accession processes.

This brief analyses the key achievements, indicates main obstacles in its establishment and implementation and sums up the measures needed to be implemented in order to “move” FMC from strategy on paper towards concrete benefits for the citizens.

What does the map of product movements from the factory to the market of Serbia and the market of the European Union look like? What are the steps that manufacturers must take to get their product on the shelves?

Even though it has been “on paper” for a whole decade, the actual level of implementation (and impact) of Financial Management and Control (FMC) in Serbia remains low.

Since the beginning of the crisis caused by the coronavirus, almost all countries have adopted a set of measures aimed at protecting the health of citizens, preserving jobs and supporting the economy. Postponement of deadlines for payment of contribution taxes, facilitated access to credit, direct assistance to small and medium enterprises are just some of the types of support that countries have provided to the industries.

The purpose of this research is to improve the existing state of consumer protection in enforcement procedures and to provide possible models that provide a more active role for consumer organisations in this matter.

For the preparation of this document, the experts combined both qualitative and quantitative methods (mixed-method research).

Inequality is often considered a social issue even when it is clearly more than that; it, in fact, has severe economic consequences for greater society.

The aim of the study is to explore the current state of competition policy in Serbia, identify and consider the key obstacles and shortcomings that hinder the full and adequate implementation of the rules of competition protection, and to make recommendations for improvement of competition policy.