= Doing Business reform making it easier to do business.
= Doing Business reform making it more difficult to do business.
DB2013:
Starting a Business:
Serbia made starting a business easier by eliminating the paid-in minimum capital requirement.
Enforcing Contracts:
Serbia made enforcing contracts easier by introducing a private bailiff system.
Resolving Insolvency:
Serbia strengthened its insolvency process by introducing private bailiffs, reducing the starting prices for the sale of assets, prohibiting appeals, expediting service of process and adopting an electronic registry for injunctions to make public all prohibitions on the disposal or pledge of movable or immovable property.
DB2012:
Registering Property:
Serbia made transferring property quicker by offering an expedited option.
Resolving Insolvency:
Serbia adopted legislation introducing professional requirements for insolvency administrators and regulating their compensation.
DB2011:
Resolving Insolvency:
Serbia passed a new bankruptcy law that introduced out-of-court workouts and a unified reorganization procedure.
DB2010:
Starting a Business:
Serbia eased the business start up process by putting in place a one stop- shop for company registration.
Getting Credit:
Serbia’s new Law on Personal Data Protection guarantees by law that borrowers can inspect their own data, thus improving access to credit information.
DB2009:
Dealing with Construction Permits:
An administrative backlog at the Construction Department of Belgrade Municipality increased the time for obtaining building permit.
Registering Property:
Serbia amended the Tax Property Law to reduce the property transfer tax from 5% to 2.5% of property value. As a result, the cost to transfer a property in Serbia decreased.