AmCham Macedonia Spring 2015 (Issue 45) | Page 3

CONTENTS ANALYSIS 06 Diverging EU and American Views on Competition 08 Pan-European Infringements: Spill-over to Accession Countries 11 Control of Concentrations Under Macedonia’s Competition Legislation 14 Macedonia’s State Commission for Protection of Competition Interview with Blagoj Churlinov, President 17 Macedonia’s Recent Social Contributions Fiasco 19 Amphenol’s Kocani Operations 21 AmChams Want Renewal of U.S. Presidential Trade Promotion Authority AmCham talks with Sashko Nakov, Plant Manager, Amphenol Technology Macedonia Ltd. Kocani AMCHAM NEWS 22 Roundtable discussion on Trends & Challenges in the Procurement Profession in Macedonia 24 CSR Project Management & Design Workshop 27 Customer Service as a Marketing Tool Seminar 29 Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Personnel Training 32 AmCham Member List 2015 33 AmCham Advantage Program Emerging Macedonia is a quarterly publication of AmCham Macedonia. No reproduction of any materials published in Emerging Macedonia is permitted without the explicit written permission of AmCham Macedonia. The articles in the magazine express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of AmCham Macedonia, its members, board of directors or staff. While AmCham Macedonia makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all published information, AmCham Macedonia is not responsible for errors or omissions. The magazine is available on our web site: www.amcham.com.mk EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Michelle Osmanli • PHOTOGRAPHER: Maja Janevska Ilieva• PRINTING: Propoint Print House • ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: [email protected] • Spring 2015 Issue 45   3