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11 June 2023 - After suffering severe disruptions in the energy crisis, together with administrative hurdles that slowed the sector’s expansion, the pace of investments in the energy transition is picking up in Croatia.

06 June 2023 - While the EU members combined appear to make good progress in the field of developing and expanding photovoltaic power plants, countries of Central and Southeast Europe lag far behind current photovoltaic capacities in the EU

02 May 2023 - At the upcoming Belgrade Energy Forum 2023, energy law experts from CMS will present key pressing issues for renewable energy projects

28 March 2023 - CMS Reich-Rohrwig answered several questions frequently asked by investors and other participants in the energy market in North Macedonia

20 December 2022 - The CMS Energy Savings Guide outlines legal measures against the energy crisis in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine

27 October 2022 - International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks on a EUR 126 million package to build two onshore wind farms in Croatia

09 August 2022 - All political parties in Bulgaria are determined to avoid breaching deadlines from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, says Dimitar Zwiatkow from law firm CMS Sofia

27 July 2022 - Hydrogen is increasingly seen as one of the critical components of the energy transition. To what extent is the hype about hydrogen justified? What sort of infrastructure will be required? Is the legal framework sufficient and future-proof?

25 March 2022 - The changes include the division into small and large plants for production of electricity from renewables

28 February 2022 - Law firm CMS has published a guide on rooftop photovoltaics and net metering for prosumers in six countries of Central and Eastern Europe

07 December 2021 - CMS Belgrade provided full support to UniCredit Bank Serbia in the refinancing of Elicio’s Alibunar wind farm

16 November 2021 - In Austria, initial plans of a strategy for the use of hydrogen were announced more than three years ago but little has happened since then

26 October 2021 - Packaging and non-packaging made of OXO-biodegradable plastic arriving after 3.7.2021. may no longer be placed or distributed on the Slovak market.

27 August 2021 - By increasing the use of hydrogen, Turkey aims to take a step towards using cleaner resources and thus becoming less dependent on imported energy. This is of great importance as Turkey’s energy strategy focuses on local sources of energy. 

30 June 2021 - The new Law on Use of Renewable Energy Sources is mostly aimed at stimulating new investments in RES and increasing the share of renewable sources in the total energy produced by creating a modern, investment-friendly legal framework, which will enable energy transition and further development of the Serbian RES sector.

25 June 2021 - Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia are stepping up their efforts to reduce their dependence on landfilling, modernize their waste management infrastructure and align their legal framework with that of the EU.