Law on Electronic Media, Protection of Minors and Video-Sharing Platform Obligations
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In force.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 64 requires every media service provider to take all measures necessary so that its program content does not harm the physical, mental or moral development of minors, and to act in a minor's best interest when timing or otherwise publishing content that could cause that harm.
Article 115 additionally requires a video-sharing platform provider to take appropriate measures to protect minors from program content, user-generated video content, or audiovisual commercial communications that could harm that development. Article 116 lets the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media specify those measures further, having regard to the nature and potential harm of the content and the categories of persons to protect.
A legal-entity provider that fails to comply with either duty is liable to a fine of 500,000 to 2,000,000 dinars. The law commences the eighth day after publication in the Official Gazette, a formula the reviewed source does not resolve to a calendar date.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
Article 125's misdemeanor (prekrsaj) band of 500,000 to 2,000,000 dinars for a legal entity covers both the general minor-protection duty of Arts. 64-68 (item 5) and the video-sharing platform obligations of Art. 115 (item 13) in the same clause. A responsible person within the legal entity is liable separately for 50,000 to 150,000 dinars, and an entrepreneur for 50,000 to 500,000 dinars, under the same article.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Minimum
- 500,000
- Currency
- RSD
- Fixed cap
- 2,000,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Regulatorno telo za elektronske medije (Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, REM)
What it reaches
Covered services
Media service providers generally (Art. 64), and video-sharing platform providers established in Serbia specifically (Arts. 115-117)
Obligation class
Design code