The Government of Serbia has adopted the third amendment to the Regulation on Special Conditions for Trade, introducing two key changes related to contracts between retailers and suppliers, as well as purchase prices for certain products, reports Nedeljnik.rs.
The most significant change is the introduction of a mandatory contract annex that retailers must sign with their suppliers. Through these annexes, retailers are required to align their operations with new rules that limit the total amount of fees they can charge suppliers. The regulation stipulates that the total of all fees cannot exceed 10 percent of the net invoice value, with additional limits setting the logistics rebate at 3 percent and the compensation for goods shortages at 1 percent.
The second amendment concerns the provision that limits suppliers’ invoice prices to the levels valid on August 1, 2025. With the latest change, the list of products exempted from this restriction now includes eggs. This means that purchase prices for eggs, like those for fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh meat and fish, and traded commodities such as coffee and cocoa, can fluctuate according to market conditions. For all other product categories covered by the regulation, purchase prices remain frozen.
The first amendment to the regulation came just one day after the original version was adopted in late August, specifying and capping logistics and write-off fees to prevent circumvention of the overall fee limit. The second amendment, passed in mid-September, introduced exemptions for fresh food from the price freeze, now expanded to include eggs.
It was also clarified that the maximum retail margin of 20 percent applies from the moment a product is first placed on the Serbian market.
Additionally, retailers are now required to regularly submit detailed price lists in digital format to the Ministry of Trade, enabling more effective monitoring and enforcement of the new measures.
