Legal Acts in English

ISSN 1452-6662

Over 180 up-to-date legal acts of the Republic of Serbia translated to English.

Group:	COMPANIES, BUSINESS
Issue:	COMPANIES LAW Published in the Službeni glasnik RS, Nos. 36/11 of 27 May 2011, 99/11 of 27 December 2011, 83/14 of 5 August 2014 (other law), 5/15 of 20 January 2015, 44/18 of 8 June 2018, 95/18 of 8 December 2018, 91/19 of 24 December 2019 and 109/21 of 19 November 2021
Section:	PART ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONS SCOPE OF THIS LAW

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Article 1

This Law shall regulate the legal status of companies and other forms of organization in compliance with this Law, and in particular their incorporation, managing, status changes, changes of legal form, dissolution and other issues relevant for their status, as well as the legal status of entrepreneurs.
The provisions hereof shall also apply to all forms of businesses operation that are established and under a separate law, unless otherwise provided by that law.
1. Main concepts
- The definition of a company
  - Article 2
    A company (hereinafter referred to as the company) is a legal person conducting an activity with the aim of gaining profit.
- Acquiring the status of legal person
  - Article 3
    
    A company acquires the status of a legal person through registration in the Business Entities Register in accordance with the law governing the registration * (hereinafter referred to as: the law on registration).