Motor vehicle rental service (Rent a car)

A motor vehicle rental service is considered to be the rental of a motor vehicle category A and B without a driver (rent a car).

The conditions for providing the service of renting a motor vehicle without a driver (rent a car) are regulated by the provisions of the Law on Tourism (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 17/2019).

Providers of motor vehicle rental services (rent a car)

Renting a motor vehicle (rent a car) can be performed by a company, another legal entity or an entrepreneur if it is registered in the appropriate register.

An association that performs the activity of renting a motor vehicle (rent a car) shall be obliged to enter that activity in the appropriate register. Continue reading Motor vehicle rental service (Rent a car)

Registering a branch office of a foreign company in Serbia

A foreign company branch office is a separate organizational unit of a company through which the company performs activity in Republic of Serbia in accordance with the law.

A foreign company branch office does not have the capacity of a legal person, but in terms of tax have resident status.

Legal framework

Relevant regulations, whose subject is registering a branch office of a foreign company, are:

  • Copmanies Act (RS Official Gazette, Nos. 36/2011, 99/2011 and 83/2014 – other law, 5/2015, 44/2018, 95/2018, 91/2019 i 109/2021)
  • 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)
  • Rulebook on the Content of the Business Entities Register and Documents Required for Registration (RS Official Gazette, No. 42/2016) and
  • Decision on Fees for Registration and other Services Provided by the Serbian Business Registers Agency (RS Official Gazette, No. 119/2013, 138/2014, 45/2015, 106/2015, 32/2016 i 60/2016).

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Registration of the representative office in Serbia

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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