rs.bev-cuvee.org · AS OF 2026-11-10
Serbia
The business-to-business (B2B) hub for beverage alcohol: the trade rulebook for beverage alcohol, country by country, each section with its official sources.
As of 2026-11-10
Market status
Open — private beverage-alcohol trade is subject to food-premises, import-quality, customs and excise controls. Importers of alcohol are recorded by Customs under the excise framework. Wine has separate import certification and presentation requirements. A complete finding on additional alcohol-specific wholesale licences for every category: Not yet sourced.
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Who can trade
Import, wholesale and distribution: The Central Register of Facilities covers establishments involved in food production, processing and circulation. Customs keeps records of alcoholic-beverage importers. Imported wine must satisfy Serbian quality and labelling requirements and be accompanied by certificates from an authorised organisation in the exporting country. Wine imported in bulk for direct human consumption must be placed on the market in original packaging under the Wine Law. Wine producers have a separate winery-register obligation.
Business-to-business (B2B) online sale: The specific wholesale alcohol licence position, electronic-platform permissions, brokerage status and fulfilment rules: Not yet sourced. National distance-selling food-information rules exist, but they do not by themselves establish all alcohol trading permissions.
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- https://pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/reg/viewAct/fe85fac6-b7d7-4262-a22f-a567571068bc
- https://pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2015/55
- https://www.minpolj.gov.rs/download/Zakoni/vino1.pdf
- https://minpolj.gov.rs/vinogradarski-i-vinarski-registar/
- https://pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2026/48
Customs and duty
Classification: Heading 2203 covers malt beer, 2204 grape wine, 2206 cider and other fermented beverages, and 2208 spirits. Serbia publishes its own 2026 customs tariff. It includes ordinary duty rates and rates under signed free-trade agreements. Alignment of the nomenclature with the European Union does not make Serbia part of its customs or excise territory. Check the full code, origin documentation and any quota before applying a preference.
Excise: National excise law applies independently of import duty. It provides alcohol control-stamp requirements with exclusions including beer and low-alcohol drinks below 5% alcohol by volume. The exact beer, cider, wine and spirit charge bases, wine exemptions and current value added tax treatment: Not yet sourced. Do not interpret a stamp exception as an excise exemption.
Territorial treatment: Special procedures involving Kosovo, free zones and excise suspension: Not yet sourced.
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Labelling
Food labelling uses the national Serbian framework. Name, net quantity and alcohol strength for beverages above 1.2% alcohol by volume appear in the same field of vision. General ingredient-list and nutrition exemptions apply above that threshold unless specific legislation requires otherwise. Lot identification is required, subject to the stated exceptions. The wine ministry confirms Serbian-language presentation for imported wine and instructs importers not to translate protected geographical names or traditional terms.
Wine follows its own quality and presentation rules. The complete wine particulars, allergen threshold and presentation rules, country-of-origin triggers, general language exceptions and mandatory health warnings: Not yet sourced. Distance-sale mandatory information must be available before purchase, apart from the permitted date exception.
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Age and sale limits
Minimum age is 18. Consumer-protection law prohibits selling, delivering, serving or gifting alcoholic beverages, including beer, to younger people. A trader may withhold the product while requesting an official age document if age is in doubt. National/local opening hours, alcohol-delivery periods, channel-specific limits and any separate wholesale restrictions: Not yet sourced.
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Protected names
The Intellectual Property Office publishes protected indications of geographical origin. Beverage examples include Bermet wine from the Fruška Gora area and Biserno ostrvo, muskat krokan wine. Serbian wine rules prohibit unauthorised geographical names and misleading origin or quality indications. The complete foreign-name recognition framework and treaty exceptions: Not yet sourced. Examples are not exhaustive.
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GTIN authority
GS1 Serbia is the national GS1 member organisation for obtaining Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) and the associated GS1 identification capacity.
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Not yet sourced
Not yet sourced: Full alcohol-specific importer/wholesaler licence requirements; online B2B brokerage and fulfilment; exact excise bases, wine exemptions and value added tax; product-specific tariff preferences/quotas; Kosovo, free-zone and suspension procedures; complete wine labels, allergens, origin triggers, language exceptions and health warnings; local/national hours and delivery conditions; complete foreign-name recognition.
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