PROJECT NAME (ref No): Policy and Legal Advice Centre (PLAC III) - EuropeAid/139295/DH/SER/RS, Republic of Serbia

Published: 21.02.2020.

Deadline for Submission: 10.03.2020.

Project description:

The scope of PLAC III project is to provide support to relevant national institutions in charge of alignment of national legal acts with the Union acquis and to contribute to further building of capacities of relevant national structures for successful carrying out of accession negotiations.

The PLAC III project should achieve two results:
RESULT 1 – Enhanced compatibility of national legislation with EU legislation and its effective implementation
RESULT 2 – Enhanced capacities of the relevant national structures for successful carrying out of accession negotiations

Positions: One (1) Senior Non-Key Expert in the area of Negotiating Ch. 9, Financial Services – Capital markets and Investment services; Harmonisation of Serbian legislation with Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)

 

Requested services

The Senior NKE in the area capital markets and investment services is expected to provide the following services:

  • To prepare and present at a workshop or during joint consultative meetings (as deemed appropriate), the main objectives of Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs), address the challenges that EU countries may have in its implementation and the EU best practice of its implementation
  • To perform legal gap analysis of the existing Serbian legislation and asses the level of its compliance with Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
  • To present to target beneficiaries the findings on the gaps identified and the proposals for harmonisation of Serbian legislation with Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) in line with the best EU practices, at a workshop or joint consultative meetings (as deemed appropriate)
  • To draft the necessary amendments to the relevant legislation in order to establish the necessary conditions for implementation of Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
  • To prepare and organise a workshop or joint consultative meetings (as deemed appropriate) and present the proposals for the amendments to the relevant laws

Outputs

  • A presentation at a workshop or during joint consultative meetings of the main objectives of the Regulation (EU) 1286/2014, EU best practices and challenges held
  • A legal gap analysis drafted and the indetified gaps and proposals for harmonisation presented
  • The amendments to the relevant Serbian legislation drafted
  • Workshops and/or joint consultative meetings held (as appropriate)

 

Expert’s Profile:

Senior NKE (20 working days)

 Qualifications and skills (25 points)

  • A level of education, which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 years attested by a diploma such as Law, Economy or Finance
  • Computer literacy
  • Be proficient in report drafting
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
  • Proficiency in English language
  • Be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on

 General professional experience (25 points)

  • At least 8 (eight) years of general postgraduate professional experience related to the EU Capital Market and Investment Services acquis gained in an EU member state

 Specific professional experience (50 points)

  • At least 3 years of postgraduate professional experience in harmonisation with Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 on Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
  • Postgraduate professional experience in a Capital Market and Investment Services regulatory authority of an EU member state will be an advantage
  • Previous professional experience and/or knowledge of the Serbia legislation in the respective area will be an advantage

 

It is expected that the work will be performed during several missions in the period from April 2020 until September 2020.

 

References must be available on request. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The Project is an equal opportunity employer. All applications will be considered strictly confidential.
Advertised posts are not available to civil servants or other officials of the public administration in the beneficiary country, Serbia.

The SNKE and JNKE has to deliver 100% of the input in Belgrade, Serbia.