Starting from 1 February of 2023, the Commercial Code of Estonia changed, and a new Commercial Register Act came into force.

In the recent years the number of cases where companies tries to protect their trade secret from unlawful use by ex-employees as their competitors in Bulgaria has increased.

Ellex has successfully represented TD Trans before the Senate of the Supreme Court of Latvia in a cassation claim regarding a Riga Regional Court ruling on the breach of the unfair competition prohibition, where almost EUR 30,000 in loss compensation was awarded.

In 2021 Romania adopted its new legislative framework introducing a deposit-return system applicable to non-refillable primary packaging made of glass, plastic or metal with volumes between 0.1l and 3l inclusive, containing water, juice or alcoholic beverages ("DRS").

The country's real estate and energy sectors remain rather resilient, but a crisis is looming in Slovenia’s public sector, according to Kavcic, Bracun & Partners Partner Simon Bracun.

On the 19th of January, there has been yet another competition infringement investigation (ex officio) by the Serbian Commission for the Protection of the Competition, this time against VAILLANT doo Beograd (Vaillant) regarding the market of gas boilers!