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Serbia legislative reforms

Overview

In mid‑July 2026, Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management presented a draft Land Consolidation Law intended to speed and digitise the merging of agricultural parcels, improve legal certainty for owners and bring Serbia’s land‑use framework closer to European Union standards. The proposal includes a new Information System to digitally track procedures and refined valuation methods. A fortnight later, the Ministry of Finance introduced amendments to the Law on Public Debt that would require public enterprises receiving state guarantees to pay a commission and tie guarantees to capital‑intensive projects. At the same time, lawmakers proposed changes to the anti‑corruption law to broaden the Agency for Prevention of Corruption’s council powers, allow cooperative agreements with foreign bodies and grant the agency greater access to officials’ assets. Critics have noted that these expanded powers could “blur responsibility lines between the Council and the agency’s director.” In August, the government adopted and submitted to the National Assembly amendments to the Law on Special Conditions for the Recording and Registration of Rights to Real Estate. These changes aim to simplify property registration and refine land development fee calculations. Specifically, for residential buildings exceeding 400 square meters, fees will only apply to the area above that threshold to distinguish multi-generational family homes from commercial developers. The amendments also allow apartment owners to register property even if a developer has failed to pay required fees, provided a notation of the unpaid debt is included; in such cases, the State Attorney's Office will initiate compulsory collection procedures. Parallel to these legislative shifts, the Agency for Spatial Planning and Urbanism reported significant progress under the ‘Svoj na svome’ initiative. Officials estimate approximately 320,000 objects could be registered within 28 weeks—a volume comparable to the total number of registrations over the previous 28 years.

Entities

Republic of Serbia · Government of Serbia · National Assembly of Serbia · Đorđe Milić · ASK Council

Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 3 sources
    Serbia proposes property law changes amid high registration demand

    Serbia is amending its property registration law to adjust fees for houses over 400 square meters, while officials report 2.6 million requests have already been filed under the ‘Svoj na svome’ program.

  2. 10 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    Serbia proposes real estate law amendments for property registration

    Serbia is amending real estate laws to change land development fee calculations for large family homes and allow apartment owners to register property even if developers fail to pay required fees.

  3. 21 days ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources
    Serbia moves to charge fees on state loan guarantees and expand anti‑corruption agency powers

    Serbia proposes new fees for state loan guarantees and expands powers and remuneration for the anti‑corruption agency’s Council, raising concerns over oversight and responsibility.

  4. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Serbia Drafts Land Consolidation Law for Faster, Transparent Procedures

    Serbia’s new draft law on land consolidation seeks faster, transparent procedures, stronger owner protection, and EU‑aligned reforms.

Sources

argumenti.rs · bif.rs · biznis.kurir.rs · danas.rs · mondo.rs · nhs.hr · nin.co.rs · nova.rs · portalanalitika.me · pp-zumberak-samoborsko-gorje.hr · vijesti.me · zse.hr

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