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Bondoc si Asociatii has advised RetuRO Sistem Garantie Returnare as the sole administrator of the deposit-return system implemented in Romania on the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the technical infrastructure and the equipment necessary for the operation of the deposit-return system throughout the country.
Lakatos Koves and Partners has advised Ukrainian postal and courier company Nova Post on corporate and regulatory aspects of its Hungarian market entry and the opening of its first Hungarian branch.
BBH has advised Roier.cz on obtaining a crowdfunding license under the new EU crowdfunding regulation.
CMS has advised Naftogaz Slovakia – the local subsidiary of the national gas company of Ukraine – on securing a natural gas trading license in Bulgaria.
TGS Baltic has advised TKM Finants on its successful application for a creditor's activity license from the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority for providing consumer credit services.
The National Water Resources Protection Map, required for the licensing of domestic and agricultural wells under the amendment to the Water Management Act, has been completed and is available on the website of National Water Directorate (in Hungarian: “Országos Vízügyi Főigazgatóság”). This Protection Map will play a central role in the future licensing of domestic groundwater wells.
Finreg Partners has successfully advised Czech Republic-based crowdfunding platform Investown on obtaining the first European crowdfunding service provider license in the country.
