Overview

We have become a knowledge society. Businesses' information and communications technology footprints grow daily, fuelled by the need to digitally store, access and communicate the ever growing volume of information and data they generate. As a result of this and the increase in online and cross-border transactions driven by technological development, the use of electronic documents and archiving systems is becoming more commonplace.

The legal framework governing electronic archiving in the Republic of Serbia is rather complex. As Serbia is not an EU Member State, the Data Retention Directive has not been implemented into Serbian legislation in a comprehensive manner. Instead, there are certain provisions in various pieces of legislation that resemble the Data Retention Directive provisions. Listed below is a brief summary of the key legal provisions:

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