Before competent courts in Serbia, there is an increasing number of cases in the field of intellectual property rights that are run upon complaints for infringement of copyright related to the authors’ works whose content is embedded in the webpages of respondents (registered media or third person).

On 30 March 2021, Government of the Republic of Serbia, submitted set of energy laws to the National Assembly for adoption, on the basis of which proposals of laws in various energy areas are rendered on 20 April 2021. One of these laws is completely new -  Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources (hereinafter referred to as: “Law on RES”).

The new Law on Archival Material and Archival Activities (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 6/2020), in application as of 2 February 2021, does not stipulate the reporting requirement of the Archive Book for the first time (the same obligation existed in previous law), however it does regulate in more detailed manner the system of protection of archival material and documentary material, conditions, their use, organization and impose additional obligations and conditions for obligors.

Green and energy-efficient construction made its shy debut on the Serbian market almost a decade ago. Although various attempts were made to promote these green investments by creating a demand on the market, the results were moderate.

Should software be protected as a work of authorship or a patent?

The Ministry of Finance adopted a comprehensive Rulebook on the Value Added Tax (“VAT Rulebook”) that was published in the Official Gazette no. 37/2021 of 14 April 2021.

As we mentioned in our previous article, the Law on Archive Materials and Archiving Activities (“Law“) started to apply as of 2 February 2021.

Bojovic Draskovic Popovic & Partners has advised AerCap House and its sister company Flotlease Msn 973 on the lease of an Airbus A330-200 aircraft to Air Serbia.

In cooperation with the USAID and E-commerce association of Serbia, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications published Guidelines for e-commerce, for the purpose of stimulating the development of e-commerce in Serbia.

Are you interested in investing and doing business in Serbia? A couple of taxation related facts good to have in mind.

A new law firm alliance has appeared in the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

On April 21, 2021 The Law on Utilization of Renewables (the „Law“) was adopted by The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, after recently held  public discussion in which the new regulations that refer to producers and consumers of electricity were presented.

Harrisons has advised EBRD on its provision of a EUR 20 million loan to UniCredit Leasing Serbia.

JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic has advised Pertula Holdings Ltd. and Aleksandar Popovic on the sale of the remaining shares in Grand Production to Grand Slam Group. Moravcevic Vojnovic and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr reportedly advised the buyers.

Concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere as a result of human activities are the cause of more extreme climate changes than those caused by nature. In order to reduce the effects and to enable the survival of the living world, it is necessary to reduce emissions on a global level.

The Government of the Republic of Serbia passed a new Regulation on rules and terms for granting state aid of small value (de minimis aid), which was published in the Official Gazette under no. 23/2021 (“Regulation”).

The adoption of the Law on Same-Sex Unions is expected soon in Serbia and it will, for the first time, regulate the existence and legal consequences of partnership between same-sex persons. Such persons will now be enabled to exercise certain rights that are guaranteed by positive legislation only to spouses and partners in extramarital unions, such as acquisition of joint property, inheritance, right to pension, hospital visits etc.

It is 2017 and you are a foreigner (non-resident of Serbia) aiming to purchase a share of a Serbian company. After you negotiate principal terms, conduct the due diligence, set final terms, and negotiate transaction documents, at the closing you transfer the purchase price in euros to the Buyer’s euro bank account in Serbia, and all is well. Now it is 2021, you are again in Serbia undertaking the same steps, but this time, you are in breach of the Foreign Exchange Act (“FX Act”). Why is that?