FOR A COMPANY WITH LIMITED LIABILITY:
• Proof of identity of the founder (copy of ID or passport for a natural person and/or Certificate of Registration issued by the Register in which the legal entity is registered)
• Articles of Association (Decision or Agreement), with certified signatures of the founders
• Bank certificate of the payment of the contribution in cash to a temporary account. When depositing the initial capital, the future company founders should request a bank certificate in which the initial capital is expressed in Euro and the equivalent amount in Dinars on the date of payment. Furthermore, when subscribing and contributing capital in kind, in their founding acts the founders are required to express the initial capital value both in Euro and the Dinar equivalent on the date of subscription, i.e. contribution of the initial capital to the company.
• Decision on the appointment of the company representative, unless the representative was designated in the Articles of Association
• Certified signature of the authorized representative
• Proof of payment of the registration fee.
FOR A STOCK COMPANY:
• Proof of identity for the founder (copy of ID or passport for a natural person and/or Certificate of Registration issued by the Register in which the legal entity is registered)
• Articles of Association (Decision or Agreement), with certified signatures of the founders
• Bank certificate on subscribed shares
• Bank certificate of the payment of the contribution in cash to a temporary account. When depositing the initial capital, the future company founders should request a bank certificate in which the initial capital is expressed in Euro and the equivalent amount in Dinars on the date of payment. Furthermore, when subscribing and contributing capital in kind, in their founding acts the founders are required to express the initial capital value both in Euro and the Dinar equivalent on the date of subscription, i.e. contribution of the initial capital to the company.
• Evidence of the publication and content of the public invitation for subscription and payment of shares (prospectus), with the approval of the competent authority
• Valuation of contributions in kind of the founders by an authorized appraiser
• Decision on the appointment of the company representative, unless the representative has been designated in the Articles of Association
• Certified signature of the representative
• Proof of payment of the registration fee.
For a closed stock company, it is not necessary to submit: a bank certificate on subscribed shares (3), evidence of the publication and content of the public invitation for the subscription and payment of shares (5) and valuation of contributions in kind of the founders by an authorized appraiser (6).
FOR А BRANCH OFFICE:
• Articles on Setting Up of a Branch Office
• Decision on the appointment of a representative, if the representative was not appointed in the Articles on Setting Up of a Branch Office
• Certified signature of the representative of the branch office
• Proof of payment of the registration fee.
FOR А FOREIGN BRANCH OFFICE:
• Certificate of Registration from the Register in which the foreign legal entity is registered, with certified translation by an official court interpreter
• Evidence of bank accounts through which the business entity operates
• Certified statement, provided with the stamp of the foreign legal entity, by the founder confirming that he/she takes on full responsibility for all liabilities arising in connection with the business dealings of the branch office, with certified translation by an official court interpreter
• The decision on formation (signed by the authorized body of the foreign company) stamped with foreign company’s stamp, (if the foreign company is not required to have a stamp according to the laws of that foreign state, then also a statement to that effect by the authorized person of the founder, confirming that the company does not have a stamp)
• Certified signature of the representative of the branch office
• Proof of payment of the registration fee.
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES
The Decree on the Registration of Representative Offices of Foreign Legal Entities in the Business Register (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 114/2005) kept by the Serbian Business Registers Agency foresees that the application for the registration of a representative office must be endorsed by the following documents:
• Certificate of Registration from the Register in which the foreign legal entity, i.e. business entity – founder is registered, certified by the competent authority in the country of issue. If the Certificate does not contain data on the founder, registered office and person authorized to represent, then along with the Certificate, the applicant shall also submit documentation containing this information (Articles of Association and other)
• Articles of Association of the representative office
• Decision on the appointment of a representative, unless this is stated in the Articles of Association of the representative office
• Evidence of bank accounts through which the founder operates
• Certified statement, in which the founder takes on the responsibility for all liabilities arising in connection with the business dealings of the representative office
• Proof of payment of the registration fee
• Proof of payment of fee for registration number.