Capital transactions according to Law on foreign currency transactions

According to the provisions of Law on Foreign Currency Transactions (“Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia”, Nos. 62/2006, 31/2011, 119/2012, 139/2014 and 30/2018) capital transactions shall be transactions between residents and non-residents and the purpose of which is the transfer of capital.

Capital transactions shall be the following:

  • Direct investments
  • Investments in real estate
  • Transactions with securities
  • Transactions with financial derivatives
  • Transactions with investment and voluntary pension funds
  • Credit facility operations
  • Guarantee transactions
  • Deposit operations
  • Operations based on insurance contract in line with the law governing insurance
  • Unilateral transfers of means of payment (personal and physical). Continue reading Capital transactions according to Law on foreign currency transactions

Responsibility of Legal Entities for Criminal Offences

The Law on Responsibility of Legal Entities for Criminal Offences (“Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 97/2008) regulates the conditions of responsibility of legal entities for criminal offences, the criminal sanctions that may be imposed on legal entities, and the rules of decision-making procedure in matters of responsibility of legal entities, imposing of criminal sanctions, passing of decisions on rehabilitation, termination of a safety measure or a legal consequence of conviction, and on enforcement of court decisions.

Criminal Offences Involving the Responsibility of Legal Entities

A legal entity may face the prosecution for criminal offences specified in the particular part of the Penal Code and in other laws if the conditions of responsibility specified by the Law on Responsibility of Legal Entities for Criminal Offences (“Official Herald of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 97/2008) have been fulfilled. Continue reading Responsibility of Legal Entities for Criminal Offences

Request for just satisfaction as a remedy for the protection of the right to a trial within a reasonable time

The Law on Protection of the Right to a Trial within a Reasonable Time (“Off. Herald of RS”, No. 40/2015) regulates the right to a trial within a reasonable time.

The purpose of the Law on Protection of the Right to a Trial within a Reasonable Time (“Off. Herald of RS”, No. 40/2015) is to provide judicial protection of the right to trial within a reasonable time and thus to prevent the occurrence of the violation of the right to trial within a reasonable time.

Judicial protection of the right to trial within a reasonable time includes the investigation conducted by the public prosecutor in the criminal proceeding.

The following persons are entitled to the right to a trial within a reasonable time: every party in court proceeding, including the enforcement proceeding, every participant pursuant to the law governing non-contentious proceeding, while the following participant in criminal proceeding: the injured party, private plaintiff and injured party, only if they claimed damages in criminal proceeding (hereinafter: the party). Continue reading Request for just satisfaction as a remedy for the protection of the right to a trial within a reasonable time