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Marija Filipovska Jelčić

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Skopje
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz dooel Skopje
Bul. Partizanski odredi br. 14/2
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Languages Serbian, Macedonian, English

Marija Filipovska Jelčić joined CMS in Belgrade in 2013 after having worked as the head of the Macedonian office with two international law firms for nine years. She is an experienced lawyer specialising in commercial and corporate law. She has advised clients in large-scale commercial projects and transactions in Macedonia and the Balkan region.

Marija Filipovska Jelčić has extensive experience in providing legal advice and assistance to major international clients, including legal advice on mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, buyouts, privatisations and joint ventures. She has also offered advice in several project financings in Macedonia as well as the privatisation of some of the biggest banks in the region. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Skopje University, Marija Filipovska Jelčić completed her LL.M. in European Business Law at the University of Belgrade in cooperation with the Nancy University, France.

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"Marija Filipovska Jelčić shows prowess providing legal advice to international clients, focusing on corporate law as well as real estate, insurance and competition issues. She also supports clients in corporate transactions."

Chambers Global, 2023

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  • Serbian Bar Association
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  • 2024 Deal of the year, CEE Legal Matters
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12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (VGL) were published on 10 May 2022. The new VBER will enter into force on 1 June 2022 and apply for the next twelve years. The new VBER/VGL introduce sev

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04/10/2024
Cannabis law and legislation in North Macedonia
Medical use The Macedonian Law on the control of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropics Substances consider Medical Cannabis as psychoactive controlled substance (narcotic drug). The Medical Cannabis is treated...
25/09/2024
Whistleblower protection and reporting channels in North Macedonia
1. Is there a law on whistleblowing in your country? There is a law on whistleblowing. The Macedonian Law on Whistleblower Protection ("MLWP") was adopted in November 2015 2. Does local law require private...
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05/07/2024
Ecommerce in North Macedonia
I. E-commerce sector – fact and figures 1. Recent growth and trends in e-commerce North Macedonia is no exception regarding the dynamic growth in e-commerce, which growth has been further boosted...
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13/05/2024
Belgrade Energy Forum 2024
The Belgrade Energy Forum 2024  will connect, and in partnership with the Balkan Green Energy News portal, present and promote decision makers, directors of power utilities, leading investors, financial institutions, power traders, consultancies and law offices, technology providers, companies for innovative services and digital solutions, think-tanks and civil society organizations. CMS experts Dimitar Zwiatkow, Marija Mušec and Tamara Zejak will discuss the regulatory framework for storage and batteries in the region of SEE. 
29/04/2024
Deal of the Year 2024 | CMS Austria and CMS North Macedonia
CMS Austria and CMS North Macedonia were awarded the 2023 Deal of the Year.
24/04/2024
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws in North Macedonia
18/04/2024
Renewable energy in North Macedonia
1. Introduction  The renewables sector is one of the strategic areas of North Macedonia’s economy, and renewable energy projects are among the most popular opportunities for new investors.  At the...
04/03/2024
CMS North Macedonia advises Linamar Corporation
Published on 4 March 2024
18/05/2023
5G regulation and law in North Macedonia
1. What is the state of 5G deployment in your country? The Agency for Electronic Communications (“Agency”) allocated the first bands of frequencies for 5G networks (700MHz and 3.6GHz bands) in 2022. The...
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25/11/2022
Energy Savings Guide
This CMS Guide is designed to shine a light on the wide variety of energy saving laws in selected CEE countries by explaining the most important legal measures and helping you to discover where your opportunities might lie. Political and legal framework Energy transformation requires building up new energy sources and that takes time. Saving energy, however, is the quickest and cheapest way to address the current energy crisis, which is mainly caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Reducing energy consumption cuts households’ and companies’ high energy bills. Building on the “Fit for 55” package of proposals and completing the actions on energy security of supply and storage, the European Commission’s REPowerEU plan put forward a set of five actions, the first of which is energy saving. Union law sets forth mandatory saving goals for Member States but leaves them plenty of leeway to choose between a variety of measures. Applicant countries and many others have passed energy savings laws and targets too – offering additional flexibility. As a framework, the Fit for 55 package and the European Climate Law (REG 2021/1119) sets out a binding, irreversible reduction of anthropogenic emissions. By 2030, 55% of the net GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions compared to 1990 must be saved. By 2050, the mandatory net zero emission goal must be achieved. Regulation 2022/1032 requires that member states fill their gas storage facilities to at least 80-90% or that they store at least 35% of their average annual consumption in European storage facilities. Reducing consumption over the years reduces the filling obligation. Since August 2022, obligatory reductions in gas consumption apply to EU member states (Regulation 2022/1032). The core innovation of this regime is the Union alarm that can be triggered by the European Council if there is a material risk of grave gas supply shortages, extraordinary gas demand or a national alarm pursuant to Directive 2017/1938 in at least five Member States. Once a Union alarm has been triggered and for as long as it remains in force, member states must reduce their gas consumption by 15%. There is a partial exception if this would otherwise cause an electricity crisis in the respective member state. However, the steering measures to be taken and whether certain groups of gas consumers are granted more favourable conditions remain at the member state’s dis­cre­tion. Re­gard­ing electricity, Regulation 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices aims to reduce electricity consumption by 10% and ease the pressure on electricity prices through revenue caps. Again, Member States are free to choose the appropriate measures to reduce gross electricity consumption and meet the 10% target. Additional rules apply to the fuel consumption of trucks or the energy consumption of district heating/cooling. The CMS Guide The result of these regulations concerning energy saving has been the in­tro­duc­tion of a wide variety of energy saving laws in individual states; and many more measures are still to come. This CMS Guide is designed to shine a light on these regulations by explaining the most important legal measures and helping you to discover where your opportunities might lie. For each jurisdiction, the guide is structured into: (1) a country overview,  (2) national relief measures for high energy prices,  (3) na­tion­al/re­gion­al/com­mun­al energy savings measures, and  (4) energy storage status and incentives. The following measures have been chosen by the states represented in this  guide:  sub­sidies to end-consumers (Austria in general for energy prices; Croatia for gas con­sump­tion), price caps: electricity (Croatia for households, undertakings and certainpublic consumers; Ukraine for house­holds),re­duced VAT rate (Croatia, North Macedonia), tax incentives to privately store gas (Ukraine); exemption from steering measures for privately storing gas (Aus­tria),sub­sidies to compensate for high energy prices (Bulgaria and Slovakia, in Slovenia for enterprises, in Türkiye for agriculture) and energy saving measures: (Croatia for SMEs); the reallocation of EU funds to support energy consumers (Slov­akia); sub­sidies for energy storage solutions (Austria, Bulgaria and Ukraine) or for heat producers (Ukraine),energy efficiency measures incl. digitalisation (Bul­garia),re­duced hours of electricity or heating supply (North Macedonia) or of gas supply (Slov­akia),re­duc­tion of energy consumption by the public administration (Austria, North Macedonia, Slovenia), andobligations on gas storage operators to feed gas into the grid (Austria, Slovakia) or to supply heat producers at preferential prices (Ukraine). rewards for voluntary reduction of gas and/or electric en­ergy con­sump­tion (Slovenia)educed permitting requirements for PV and wind plants (Türkiye).
08/11/2022
Impact of the GDPR in North Macedonia
1. Applicable legislation governing data protection in North Macedonia As a general remark, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is not a part of the legal framework of North Macedonia...
26/07/2022
European Bolar Provisions in North Macedonia
1. How is Bolar implemented? North Macedonia is a state-party to the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) TRIPs Agreement since 2003. The relevant industrial property institution is the State Office...
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