On 20 December 2013, in the conference hall of the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, there was the 10th traditional scientific gathering on the topic "Current state of affairs in business legislation as a determinant of regional economic development".

The 10th traditional scientific gathering was international in character and was organized in accordance with the idea of prof. Slavko Carić. The original goal of the scientific gathering basically remained unchanged: to observe and analyze the current period of great transformations of the legal system in a competent way, particularly focusing on the business legislation. This year’s international conference had the same goal. The presenting authors and speakers were famous professors and other prominent experts from the whole region. The members of the Organizational Board were: prof. Marko Carić, Ph.D., as President, prof. Marijana Dukić Mijatović, Ph.D., prof. Željko Bjelajac, Ph.D. and prof. Milan Počuča, Ph.D. The members of the Conference Programme Board were: prof. Marijana Dukić Mijatović, Ph.D., as President, prof. Gordana Stanković, Ph.D, prof. Ranka Račić, Ph.D, prof. Arsen Janevski, Ph.D, prof. Branko Vučković, Ph.D. and prof. Milan Počuča, Ph.D.

Conference Proceedings were published after this scientific gathering and the Editor-in-Chief was prof. Marijana Dukić Mijatović, Ph.D. The publication was supported by the City of Novi Sad Administration for Culture and Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, in line with the signed Contract on co-financing the project entitled "Current state of affairs in business legislation as a determinant of regional economic development" no. X-418-9/13-188 as of 11 December, 2013. This project was approved with the goal of improving the cultural and tourist offer of the Municipality of Novi Sad. Everything was harmonized with the Action plan for conducting the necessary activities in line with the initiative of the City of Novi Sad to announce candidacy for the 2020 European Capital of Culture, and, as such, it was rated as a project of exceptional significance. The project was also said to be of great importance for harmonizing the state economic and legal systems with the EU legislation and contributing to faster economic growth.

Participants in the project and scientific gathering were the following:

• Prof. Marko Carić, Ph.D., full professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia and prof. Rajko Tepavac, Ph.D., associate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia: “Managing the portfolio of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the field of insurance”
• prof. Marijana Dukić Mijatović, Ph.D., associate professor and Vice-Dean for Science and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary of the University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia; prof. Vladimir Čolović, Ph.D., the Scientific consultant of the Institute for Comparative Law in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia; Emir Sudžuka, LLM, senior teaching assistant at the Faculty of Legal Sciences, "Vitez" University in Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: “International Bankruptcy in the Legislations of the Republic of Serbia and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina”
• prof. Gordana Stanković, Ph.D., full professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Republic of Serbia: “The authority of the executor”
• prof. Ranka Račić, Ph.D., full professor at the Faculty of Law of Istočno Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska: “The procedure of registering business entities”
• prof. Arsen Janevski, Ph.D., full professor at "Iustinianus Primus", the Faculty of Law in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, prof. Tatjana Zooroska Kamilovska, Ph.D., associate professor at "Iustinianus Primus", the Faculty of Law in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: “Securing debt collection with indebtedness - parallels between the Macedonian and Croatian legal systems and practice”
• prof. Branko Vučković, Ph.D., full professor at the Faculty of Law of "Mediteran" University in Podgorica and the Faculty for Business Studies of the Mediterranean in Tivat, Republic of Montenegro, prof. Vesna Vučković, Ph.D., associate professor at the Faculty of Law of "Mediteran" University in Podgorica and the Faculty for Business Studies of the Mediterranean in Tivat, Republic of Montenegro: “Criminal and legal protection of intellectual property”
• prof. Ljubica Mandić, Ph.D., full professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Priština with the seat in Kosovska Mitrovica: Off-legal proceedings in business matters
• Assist. prof. Mirko Smoljić, Ph.D., senior teaching assistant of Lavoslav Ružička University in Vukovar, Republic of Croatia, Sanja Gongeta, a teaching assistant of Lavoslav Ružička University in Vukovar, Republic of Croatia: “Breakthrough of a legal personality in the Croatian legal system”
• prof. Vladimir Boranijašević, Ph.D., associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the University in Priština with the temporary seat in Kosovska Mitrovica: “The execution procedure concerning securities and shares in a business society”
• Assist. prof. Janko Veselinović, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia: “Collective protection of author's rights and monopoly power”
• Sanja Jelisavac Trošić, LLM, a research associate at the Institute for International Policy and Business in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Mina Zirojević, Ph.D., research associate of the Institute for Comparative Law in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia: “The position of Serbia in the domain of intellectual property rights”
• Assist. prof. Dejan Šuput, Ph.D., research associate at the Institute for Comparative Law in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, assist. prof. Nadežda Ljubojev, Ph.D., assistant professor of "Mihailo Pupin" Faculty of Technical Sciences in Zrenjanin: “Legal position of sports associations in the Republic of Serbia”
• Assist. prof. Vladimir Kozar, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, prof. Milan Počuča, Ph.D., associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, prof. Željko Bjelajac, Ph.D., a full professor at the Faculty of Law of the University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia: The bankruptcy of banks in the legislation of the Republic of Serbia
• Assist. prof. Igor Kambovski, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, FON University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: “E-business, E- trade, E- marketing”
• prof. Rok Lampe, Ph.D., associate professor at Gea College, Faculty for Entrepreneurship in Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia: Civil protection of people’s rights