Slovenia looks for asset dispute solution

Slovenia is looking for a way to guarantee legal security for Slovenian companies working abroad. Slovene Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak was referring to the regulation that Serbia passed regarding the assets of companies from the republics of the former Yugoslavia with headquarters in Serbia. Slovenia looks for asset dispute solution At a press conference in Ljubljana, Vizjak added that this especially applied to countries where European legal order did not exist. “Serbia is getting closer to European integration, and that is why Slovenian will carefully respond to measures that lead in the opposite direction to that of EU legal order,” the minister underlined. He added that “the events in Serbia were the consequences of outdated negotiations regarding succession and open issues.” The Slovenian Economic Ministry, according to Vizjak, was in constant contact with the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, which had sent Serbia two letters of protest regarding the regulation—once in March, and most recently on July 22 when the regulation had already come into force. Vizjak said that there was a possibility of resolving the situation on a bilateral level, adding that “Serbia is already preparing an agreement for property-legal issues between Slovenia and Serbia, so that is one of the options.”

Slovenia looks for asset dispute solution

At a press conference in Ljubljana, Vizjak added that this especially applied to countries where European legal order did not exist.

“Serbia is getting closer to European integration, and that is why Slovenian will carefully respond to measures that lead in the opposite direction to that of EU legal order,” the minister underlined.

He added that “the events in Serbia were the consequences of outdated negotiations regarding succession and open issues.”

The Slovenian Economic Ministry, according to Vizjak, was in constant contact with the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, which had sent Serbia two letters of protest regarding the regulation—once in March, and most recently on July 22 when the regulation had already come into force.

Vizjak said that there was a possibility of resolving the situation on a bilateral level, adding that “Serbia is already preparing an agreement for property-legal issues between Slovenia and Serbia, so that is one of the options.”