JPM Partner Nikola Poznanović and Senior Associate Bojana Javorić attended a round table on the subject: “Significance and Challenges of Retail Trade Sector Development in Serbia in terms of Competition Policy” on 31st of May, 2017., organized by NALED and the Commission for Protection of Competition of Serbia. The roundtable was organized in order for the representatives of companies operating in retail sector to be introduced to relevant details of the sector inquiries in the relevant retail market of food, beverages and tobacco, conducted by the Commission. It was also emphasized that the participants operating in this sector are welcomed to present their proposals and suggestions, as the inquiry is being conducted in Serbia for the first time.
The inquiry encompasses the end-user and supply retail trade markets, focusing on relations between retailers and their suppliers, as well as on influence of private-label products affecting competition.