Serbia

Getting Electricity in

Serbia

Listed below are the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

  • Name of Utility: Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS): Elektrodistribucija Beograd plc
  • City: Belgrade

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with customer service office of Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) and await technial conditions, connection approval and contract

An application has to be submitted in person at the utility. Documents to be attached are the urban plan or planned object that is approved by the city’s Secretary for Urban Planning (“Gradski sekretarijat za urbanizam”). This is the building permit before the warehouse is built. A prove of ownership/renting over the land under the future object has to be attached as well.
The licensed electrician fills the confirmation from (“plavi karton”) in the utility with his guarantee that all internal wiring was properly done. A representative from the utility is coming to the site of the warehouse to inspect the area to determine if a transformer is needed and to determine the cost the customer has to pay for the connection. It is not necessary that someone from the customer’s party is present.


Agency: Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) 		30 calendar days RSD 581,096.0
2 Obtain external connection works by Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB)

The utility is doing the design and the physical external connection works and provides the necessary material. The utility is obtaining all necessary approvals for the customer.

Agency: Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) 		90 calendar days RSD 1,400,000.0
* 3 Receive internal inspection by Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB)

An internal inspection of the wiring might be required depending on the object’s volume and technical solution. An inspection would be done before the connection to the public electrical power distribution network. The inspection can be requested after making the internal installation and before the connection. Someone from the customer’s party has to be present. The inspection is done by the utility. A proof of the safety of the internal wiring needs to be submitted to the utility for every new connection.

Agency: Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) 		4 calendar days RSD 217,000.0
4 Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) installs meter, customer concludes supply contract and awaits final connection

A representative from the utility comes to the site to install the meter. The meter is installed before the conclusion of the supply contract. The customer concludes a supply contract. The utility is doing the final connection.

Agency: Elektrodistribucija Beograd d.o.o. (EDB) 		11 calendar days USD 381.0
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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