Legal obligations to keep archival materials and documentary material

The provisions of the Law on Archival Material and Archival Activity (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 6/2020) regulate the system of protection of archival material and documentary material, conditions and manner of use of archival material, organization, competence and activity of archives in the Republic of Serbia.

The Law on Archival Material and Archival Activity (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No. 6/2020) entered into force on February 01, 2020, and began to apply on February 02, 2021.

For non-compliance with legal obligations, the Law on Archival Materials and Archival Activity (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 6/2020) prescribes misdemeanour liability with the envisaged fines in the amount of 50,000 to 2,000,000 dinars for a legal entity, or in the amount of 5,000 up to 150,000 dinars for the responsible person in the legal entity.

Legal obligations of creators and holders of archival material and documentary material refer to duties of preservation and destruction of documentary material, which has expired, storage of archival material to the competent public archive, implementation of appropriate protection measures, etc. Continue reading Legal obligations to keep archival materials and documentary material