Registration is initiated by submitting a registration application. The application for LLC registration can only be submitted electronically, it is done in the app of the Business Registers Agency

The application for the registration of an entrepreneur can be submitted either electronically or by submitting a written form namely:

• In person, at the headquarters of the Business Registers Agency at Brankova 25 in Belgrade, or at one of the Agency's 13 branches or certain municipal offices (more information can be found here);
• By mail, by sending documentation to the address: Business Registers Agency, Brankova 25, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

For the electronic registration of the establishment of an entrepreneur or company, the applicant must have the following:

• account on the Portal eID.gov.rs.
• qualified electronic certificate (electronic signature) issued by a certification body in the Republic of Serbia,
• installed electronic card reader and installed NEXU application for electronic signature,
• Visa, MasterCard or Dina payment cards for fee payment.

eRegistration of the establishment of companies and other business entities is carried out in the application of the Business Registers Agency.

Single counter (one-stop-shop) registration system

By establishing a "one-stop-shop registration system" between the Business Registers Agency (SBRA), the Tax Administration and the Central Register of Compulsory Social Security (CRCSS), it is possible to, together with the decision on establishment, adopted by the Business Registers Agency, receive simultaneously a registration/identification number from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and a tax identification number (TIN), which is assigned by the Tax Administration.

In addition, by submitting a single registration application for the establishment of a business entity in the SBRA, you can also submit an registration application for VAT to the Tax Administration for both companies and entrepreneurs, as well as an entrepreneur's application for flat rate taxation or withdrawal of personal earnings

Finally, through the one-stop-shop registration system through the SBRA, the application for compulsory social security is also made to the Central Register of Compulsory Social Security for an entrepreneur or for a founder who is also a registered representative of a company.

Signature with a qualified electronic certificate

It is important to be informed about what a signature with a qualified electronic certificate (qualified electronic signature) is, what it is used for, and how to obtain it.

In order to be able to establish a company or register electronically as an entrepreneur, you need a signature with a qualified electronic certificate. A signature with a qualified electronic certificate is an electronic replacement of a handwritten signature that identifies the signer and guarantees data integrity. A signature with a qualified electronic certificate is a set of data in electronic form, it is not a digital image of a handwritten signature.

In order to be able to create a signature with a qualified electronic certificate, you must have a qualified electronic certificate (QES), with which you can access electronic services and sign electronic documents. Qualified electronic certificates are issued by certification bodies.

The Ministry of the Interior (MoI) issues a qualified electronic certificate with a digital signature on chipped identity cards. In order to obtain it, you need to personally visit the nearest branch of the MoI and submit a request. The Ministry of the Interior does not charge for the issuance of QES. More information is available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.

There are other (commercial) certification bodies that issue qualified electronic certificates, but they charge a fee.

You can use a qualified electronic certificate to sign documents electronically and to establish a company electronically. It can be very useful (and in some cases necessary) in your business operations, and above all it is needed for the following:

• Submission of final financial reports to the Business Registers Agency.
• Registration of the beneficial owner within 15 days from the day of establishment of the company.
• Registration of employees in CRCSS.
• Insight into the state of tax debt in the Tax Administration and local tax administration.
• Issuing building permits.

Be informed - use the electronic mailbox

eMailbox is an electronic mailbox that, starting from May 2020, is assigned to every registered user of the eGovernment Portal so that public administration bodies can deliver documents and notifications electronically. Electronic delivery enables fast, simple, reliable and free delivery of decisions, certificates and other acts and notifications by the public administration in electronic form, as well as tracking the status of sent acts at any time.

Users of the eGovernment Portal receive an email or SMS notification about the arrival of an electronic document in the eMailbox, after which the document can be downloaded at any time. In addition to this possibility, the user of the eGovernment Portal and the public administration bodies also have access to a delivery confirmation containing data on the delivery status, which improves legal certainty and removes possible doubts about the legality of decisions.

It is expected that in the coming period, eMailbox will become the dominant channel for delivering letters and other information to citizens and businesses.