Dropshipping as a form of electronic trade

The Law on Trade (“Official Gazette of RS,” No. 52/2019) governs dropshipping as a method of conducting electronic commerce in Serbia. Following the provisions of Article 17 of the Law on Trade (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 52/2019), dropshipping is defined as a form of electronic commerce in which a retailer sells goods through an electronic store or an electronic platform, while the goods are delivered to the consumer directly from the manufacturer/wholesaler.

According to the above definition, there are three people involved in the described dropshipping form of electronic commerce:

  1. manufacturer/wholesaler
  2. seller of goods on the platform (dropshipper)
  3. customer (consumer).

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Protection of consumers as users of air transport services – denied boarding of passengers and lost/damaged luggage

The contractual relations between the passenger-consumer who uses the air transportation service, as one contractual party, and the airline that provides this service, as the other contractual party, are applied as authoritative provisions:

  • Law on Obligation and Fundamentals of Ownership-Legal Relations in Air Traffic (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 87/2011 and 66/2015),
  • The Montreal Convention, which the Law ratified on Confirmation of the Convention on the Unification of Certain Rules for International Air Transport (“Official Gazette of RS – International Agreements”, No. 38/2009) and
  • Law on Consumer Protection (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 88/2021).

General rules of the Law on Obligation Relations (“Official Gazette of the SFRY”, no. 29/78, 39/85, 45/89 – decision of the USJ and 57/89, “Official Gazette of the SFRY”, no. 31/93, “Official Gazette of SCG”, No. 1/2003 – Constitutional Charter and “Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 18/2020) accordingly apply to all issues that are not regulated by the regulations mentioned above. Continue reading Protection of consumers as users of air transport services – denied boarding of passengers and lost/damaged luggage

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Electronic commerce and electronic business in the Republic of Serbia are subject to regulation:

  1. Law on Trade (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 52/2019)
  2. Law on Electronic Commerce (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 41/2009, 95/2013 and 52/2019)
  3. Law on Consumer Protection (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 88/2021)
  4. Law on Personal Data Protection (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 87/2018)
  5. Law on Electronic Document, Electronic Identification and Trust Services in Electronic Business (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 94/2017) and
  6. other laws.

National regulations apply to the organization and operation of:

  • domestic economic entities (B2G, B2B) as well as on
  • contractual relations between domestic consumers and traders (B2C).

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