Labour inspection – jurisdiction and inspection

The Labour Inspectorate carries out inspection in the field of safety and health at work and labor relations over the implementation of the Labour Law, the Law on Safety and Health at Work, the Law on Protection of Population from Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, the Law on Prevention of Harassment at Work, the Law on Business Companies (in part which is in relation to safety and health at work), the Law on Strike, the general collective agreement, collective agreements (specific and individual), general acts and the employment contracts which regulating the rights, obligations and responsibilities of employees in organizations, legal entities and other forms of organization, as well as in institutions.

Labour inspection - jurisdiction and inspection

In addition to laws, the labor inspectorate performs supervision and over the application of the other measures and standards of health and safety at work, technical measures related to safety and health at work, standards and generally accepted measures in the part which regulates the issues of safety and health at work. Continue reading Labour inspection – jurisdiction and inspection

Voluntary liquidation of the company – legal aspect

According to provisions of Article 468 of Law on Business Companies, business company shall be dissolved by deletion from the register of economic operators in case of:

  • Liquidation or forced liquidation in accordance with this Law
  • Bankruptcy proceedings in accordance with the law governing bankruptcy and
  • A status change resulting in the dissolution of a company.

Liquidation of the company is the process of dissolution of the solvent company and can be: voluntary and forced.

Voluntary liquidation of the company is run by the decision of the owner of the company, as opposed to the forced liquidation, which starts in the cases provided by law Continue reading Voluntary liquidation of the company – legal aspect

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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