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Serbia legislative reforms

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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 a proposal and submitted to amend 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. Additionally, the 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. Together, these initiatives reflect a broader push by included; in such cases, the Serbian government State Attorney's Office will initiate compulsory collection procedures. Parallel to modernise legislation, tighten fiscal oversight, and strengthen property these legislative shifts, the Agency for Spatial Planning and anti‑corruption mechanisms as part 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 its EU‑aligned reform agenda. registrations over the previous 28 years.

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  1. 2026-08-15 15:31 UTC Serbia legislative reforms
  2. 2026-08-10 10:33 UTC Serbia legislative reforms
  3. 2026-07-30 06:42 UTC Serbia legislative reforms

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