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26/05/2023
Per­form­ing ser­vices in a de­cent­ral­ised man­ner un­der Mi­CAR
At the end of April 2023, the European par­lia­ment de­cided on a uni­form reg­u­la­tion of crypto as­sets across the EU by vot­ing on the MiCA reg­u­la­tion (i.e. mar­kets in crypto-as­sets). The in­ten­ded in­nov­a­tions...
25/05/2023
North Sea Strikes and Force Ma­jeure
The latest in a series of strikes by oil & gas work­ers in the North Sea con­tin­ues to test the op­er­a­tion and ef­fic­acy of force ma­jeure (“FM”) pro­vi­sions in oil and gas in­dustry con­tracts.There is no...
24/05/2023
De­Fi and MiCA: How much de­cent­ral­isa­tion is enough?
The European Uni­on Coun­cil has re­cently ad­op­ted a reg­u­la­tion on Mar­kets in Crypto-As­sets (MiCA) that ap­plies to crypto-as­sets, their is­suers and ser­vice pro­viders, and cov­ers a range of ser­vices that...
22/05/2023
Europe-wide ana­lys­is on the fifth an­niversary of the GDPR re­veals data...
European data pro­tec­tion au­thor­it­ies im­posed fines totalling over 2.7 bil­lion euros in more than 1,500 pub­licly known cases for vi­ol­a­tions of the Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion, which has been in...
19/05/2023
Ten things every in­surer should know in Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina
1. In­tro­duc­tion Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina (BiH) con­sists of two sep­ar­ate and dis­tinct ad­min­is­trat­ive en­tit­ies: the Fed­er­a­tion of Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina (FBiH) and the Re­pub­lic of Srpska (RS). Form­ally...
05/2023
CMS Life Sci­ences & Health­care Glob­al Bro­chure
With big deals fuel­ling re­cord levels of M&A activ­ity, a steady stream of in­nov­at­ive and dis­rupt­ive tech­no­lo­gies, new and in­creas­ingly com­plex reg­u­lat­ory chal­lenges and a thriv­ing start-up com­munity...
18/05/2023
5G reg­u­la­tion and law in Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina
1. What is the state of 5G de­ploy­ment in your coun­try? The 5G net­work is not yet avail­able, and there is no in­form­a­tion on when it will be. This is primar­ily due to the fact that the 4G net­work only...
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16/05/2023
In­ter­na­tion­al De­vel­op­ments in Pri­vacy En­han­cing Tech­no­lo­gies (PETs)
In March the Or­gan­isa­tion for Eco­nom­ic Co-Op­er­a­tion and De­vel­op­ment (“OECD”) be­came the latest in a long line of or­gan­isa­tions / pub­lic bod­ies to pub­lish a re­port (Emer­ging pri­vacy en­han­cing tech­no­lo­gies:...
16/05/2023
Can­nabis law and le­gis­la­tion in Bos­nia & Herzegov­ina
Med­ic­al use The med­ic­al use of can­nabis is not reg­u­lated in Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina as such. However, the Law on Pre­ven­tion and Sup­pres­sion of Nar­cot­ic Drugs Ab­use of Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina only per­mits...
09/05/2023
Oil & Gas and Geo­therm­al: like steam, the oil & gas in­dustry could rise...
With a sig­ni­fic­ant num­ber of in­dustry con­fer­ences tar­get­ing geo­therm­al be­ing held around the world this year, the oil & gas in­dustry is start­ing to re­cog­nise the po­ten­tial of geo­therm­al as an en­ergy source...
03/05/2023
Real es­tate trans­ac­tion costs and taxes in Bos­nia and Herzegov­ina
1. Due di­li­gence costs for the pur­chase of real es­tate 1.1 Mu­ni­cip­al search Cost Vari­able VAT Nil 1.2 Util­ity search (each ser­vice) Cost Vari­able VAT Nil 1.3 Land re­gistry search (per search) Cost...
02/05/2023
CMS up­dates Ex­pert Guide on can­nabis law and le­gis­la­tion
CMS Ex­pert Guide on can­nabis law and le­gis­la­tion gives stake­hold­ers de­tailed and up­dated in­form­a­tion on the latest de­vel­op­ments in can­nabis reg­u­la­tion in key mar­kets. The Guide now cov­ers two new jur­is­dic­tions:...