Green construction and improvement of energy efficiency in buildings
The Law on Amendments to the Planning and Construction Act, which entered into force on August 4, 2023 (hereinafter: the “Law“), introduces, among other, novelties in the field of green construction and improving the energy efficiency of buildings. In the following text we highlight some of the most significant changes in this field. For the […]
Law on Energy Efficiency and Rational Utilization of Energy
On April 22 2021, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on Energy Efficiency and Rational Utilization of Energy (hereinafter: the “Law”), which entered into force on 30 April 2021. The Law is part of the energy package of laws that were adopted simultaneously and replaces the previous Law on Efficiency […]
Law on Climate Change
At the session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia held on 18 March 2021, the National Assembly’s members adopted the new Law on Climate Change (“Official Gazette of the RS”, no. 26/2021) (hereinafter: the Law) which entered into force on 31 March 2021. The deadline for adopting regulations based on the Law […]
Eco tax: deadline for submitting the application 31 July 2020
31 July 2020 marks the deadline for filing the application for the environmental protection and improvement fee, also known as the eco tax, pursuant to the Decree on criteria for determining activities impacting the environment based on pollutant emissions, fee amounts.
Law on Amendment and Supplements to the Law on Agricultural Land
On August 28th 2017, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on Amendment and Supplements to the Law on Agricultural Land which began to apply on September 1st 2017.
Law on the Protection from Fire
In focus: the new Law on the Protection from Fire („Official gazette of the Republic of Serbia“ no. 111/2009) has entered into force on January 6th 2010, and is being implemented as of October 6th 2010. The Law prescribes general obligations of all legal persons for the prevention and protection from fire, as well as specific obligations depending on the category of endangerment from fire into which the legal person is classified.