Odlučnim polukorakom napred - osvrt na Zakon o ulaganjima

Abstract

U sklopu strategije privlačenja stranih investicija i proklamovanog izjednačavanja domaćih i stranih ulagača, Srbija je nedavno Zakon o stranim ulaganjima iz 2002. zamenila Zakonom u ulaganjima. Novousvojeni zakon je, međutim, ograničenog dometa, konceptualno manjkav, uz tek pojedina poboljšanja u odnosu na postojeći režim. Iz zakonskih rešenja očigledna je bila nevoljnost zakonodavca da jednom i konačno raskrsti s prevaziđenim konceptom 'zakona o stranim ulaganjima', kao i opredeljenje da pokuša da krupne sistemske probleme reši prečicom, i to samo u odnosu na ulagače. Pravo poboljšanje pravnog okvira poslovanja uslediće tek kada se puna pažnja posveti podizanju kvaliteta već postojećih propisa i njihovom doslednom sprovođenju, kao i proširenju i modernizaciji mreže postojećih bilateralnih investicionih sporazuma.

The desire to attract foreign investment, combined with the drive to declare foreign and domestic investors 'equal' has resulted in a recent legislative change - 2002 Law on Foreign Investment has been replaced with the Law on Investment. The new law is, however, of limited impact, suffers from conceptual deficiencies and contains only a couple of improvements when compared with the prior legal regime. The legislatior was evidently reluctant to part for good with the concept of 'laws protecting foreign investment', or to give up on idea of a quick-fix for systemic problems plaguing the entire legal system. Instead, it tried to shield the investors from such problems only, often resorting to dubious solutions. The real improvement of the legal environment for investment requires careful improvement of the existing laws and their robust enforcement. In addition, Serbia could in the meantime expand and modernize its existing network of bilateral investment treaties.