Društva kapitala i obavljanje delatnosti od opšteg interesa

Abstract

This paper analyses the legal framework for companies which perform activities of general interest. Specifically, the issue of defining companies to which the provisions of the Law on Public Enterprises apply, as well as companies governed by the Law on Management of State-Owned Companies is elaborated. Many rules which govern these companies differ from the general legal framework for companies. The paper pointed out the change of approach regarding the regulation of these entities which resulted in the legal framework becoming even more complex than before. Namely, the change relates only to those companies which are owned by the state in the narrower meaning, since the provisions of the Law on Public Enterprises continue to apply to companies which perform activities of general interest whose owners are local self-government and autonomous province. Finally, the paper analyses the rules which apply to the establishment of companies which perform activities of general interest.