The SELA regional newsletter features an overview of the most important regional legislative developments recently announced in the jurisdictions of SELA coverage. Many of the changes recently implemented impact the regions’ ability to attract foreign investments and related to tax, customs and other investment incentives, illustrating just how strategically important the governing bodies of the region SEE foreign investment.
Main takeaways
Albania
- Amendments to Criminal Code Approved
- Albania adopts new law on lobbying
- Albania adopts new law on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Functions
- Albania Ratifies the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Rulebook on the methodology for maintaining the Greenhouse gas emission inventory and the manner of data collection
- Decision on the Amount of the Fee for Incentivizing Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources
- Amendments to the Law on Registration of Business Entities, published in the Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, No. 1/26
- A new Regulation on Physical Transfer of Cash (Official Gazette No. 20/2026)
- Law on Fiscalization of Transactions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (“FBH”) (Official Gazette of FBH, no. 9/26)
Bulgaria
- Amendments to the Bar Act
- Amendments to the Consumers Protection Act
- Legislative changes to the Public Offering of Securities Act
- Amendments to the Cybersecurity Act
Croatia
- Amendments to the General Tax Act
- Amendments to the Value Added Tax
- Amendments to the Financial Conglomerates Act
- Amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act
Cyprus
- Abolition of stamp duty
- Cyprus has enhanced its tax incentives to attract talent back to the island
- European Data Protection Board
Greece
- Recent changes in Greece’s immigration rules for foreign workers
- The Unified Digital Property Registry (MIDA) is set to launch in April 2026
- Cadastral data posting for Cyclades islands (South Aegean Region)
Montenegro
- New Law on Consumer Protection
- New Law on Protection of Competition
North Macedonia
- There have been no relevant changes in the regulatory framework
Romania
- Secondary payroll registration and RO e-Factura relief
- Investment incentives and tax bonuses
- Corporate transactions and excise duty adjustments
Serbia
- Regulation on incentives for an investor to produce an audiovisual work in the Republic of Serbia
- Regulation on categories of vertical agreements exempted from the prohibition of restrictive agreements
- Rulebook on amendments to the Rulebook on cosmetic products
Slovenia
- A decision by the Slovenian Constitutional Court declaring part of the Environmental Protection Act unconstitutional
- New Slovenian Act on Employee Profit-Sharing (ZUDDob-1)