State owner of 270 business entities - It is proposed to transform public companies into JSCs and LLCs

According to preliminary data, the Republic of Serbia has 270 active business entities in its portfolio, as reported by the Strategy of State Ownership and Management of Economic Entities Owned by the Republic of Serbia for the period until 2027.

The document adopted by the Government of Serbia, and published in the Official Gazette, states that the state portfolio includes 157 limited liability companies, 82 joint stock companies, 26 public companies and five active economic entities in the "other" category.

When analyzing the situation with such companies, the shortcomings pointed out include the uneven legal framework and its inconsistency, which emphasizes the Law on Public Enterprises and the Law on Business Organizations.

It is estimated that the uneven legal framework for establishing general rules on ownership and management of such enterprises has caused dispersion that can lead to unclear goals, and the absence of a clearly defined role of the state as owner, policy maker and regulator.

It is also proposed to standardize the legal forms of these companies, which would transform all public companies into joint stock companies or limited liability companies and thus implement their corporatization.

Vlada Republike Srbije

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Strategy of State Ownership and Management of Economic Entities

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Law on Public Enterprises

Law on Business Organizations