Registration of the representative office in Serbia – the legal framework

The legal position of the representative office of a foreign company in the Republic of Serbia as well as the registration of a representative office in Serbia, are regulated by the provisions of articles 574-577 of the Companies Act (RS Official Gazette, Nos. 36/2011, 99/2011 and 83/2014 – other law, 5/2015, 44/2018, 95/2018, 91/2019 and 109/2021), the Law on the Registration Procedure in the Agency for Business Registers (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 99/2011, 83/ 2014, 31/2019 and 105/2021) and the Rulebook on the content of the Business Entities Register and documents required for registration (RS Official Gazette, No. 42/2016).

The Companies Act with provisions of article 574. paragraph 1 define the representative office as a separate organisational unit of a foreign company that may carry out preliminary and preparatory work leading to the conclusion of a transaction by that company.

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