Domain Names
Legal Basis
– Regulations on launching the rsTDL Register and closing the yuTDL Register, passed on and in force since October 26, 2007.
– Regulations on the general conditions for registration of national Internet domain names, passed on May 28, 2016, in force since July 12, 2016, as amended on May 19, 2018, with effect from July 3, 2018, and on December 15, 2018, with effect from January 29, 2019.
– Regulations on the arbitration proceedings for resolving disputes regarding the registration of national Internet domains, passed on April 19, 2011, published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni glasnik RS" No. 31/2011 of May 9, 2011, in force since May 17, 2011, amended on March 19, 2012 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni glasnik RS" No. 24/2012 of March 30, 2012, in force since April 7, 2012), on June 24, 2014 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni glasnik RS" No. 67/2014 of July 2, 2014, in force since July 10, 2014), on July 1, 2016 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni glasnik RS" No. 61/2016 of July 7, 2016, in force since July 15, 2016), and on October 11, 2019 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni glasnik RS" No. 74/2019 of October 18, 2019, in force since October 26, 2019).
– Regulations on launching the срб TDL Register (srb in Cyrillic), passed on and in force since May 28, 2011, amended on December 24, 2011.
Notes: country code top-level domain .YU (which had been used for Serbia and Montenegro) was removed from the DNS root on March 30, 2010, based on ICANN decision No. 07/79 of September 11, 2007. During the period 2008 – 2010 the owners of .YU domains had the possibility to transform such domains to .RS (for Serbia) and .ME (for Montenegro).
On January 27, 2012 in Serbia began the registration of domain names written in Cyrillic under the new (second) country code top-level domain .СРБ (.SRB in Cyrillic).
Filing
Country code top-level domain names: .rs and .срб
Sub-domains: TLD .RS: .co.rs; .edu.rs; .ac.rs; .org.rs; .gov.rs; .in.rs; TLD .СРБ: .пр.срб; .орг.срб; .обр.срб; .од.срб; .упр.срб; .ак.срб
Applicant: individuals and legal entities.
Restriction as to nationality: none.
Local presence: not required (foreign registrants must, however, provide a local administrative contact).
Domestic trademark right: not required for obtaining domain name registration.
Domain name can be registered as a trademark: yes.
Registration, Protection
Duration: one to ten years.
Renewal/maintenance: one to ten years, renewable.
Dispute about ownership: to be settled by arbitration or to be brought before the court.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: available (variation of UDRP) before the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.