The delivery of legal deposit copies of publications is regulated by the Legal Deposit Law (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 52/2011) and the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Legal Deposit Law (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” No. 13/2016).

Under these regulations, all publishers within the territory of the Republic of Serbia are obligated to deliver six copies of each publication to the National Library of Serbia and the Library of Matica Srpska (if the publisher is based on the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). This requirement applies whether the publication is produced domestically or abroad. In addition to physical copies, deposit libraries should receive an electronic copy of the printed publication in PDF format, per Article 8 of the Law. For detailed information on the delivery and terms of use of the electronic copy of the publication, please get in touch with the Legal Deposit Department of the National Library of Serbia.

Should a publisher fail to fulfil their obligations within the stipulated legal deadline, neither the National Library of Serbia nor the Library of Matica Srpska shall create a CIP (Cataloging in Publication) record, nor assign the corresponding international identifiers and universal standard numbers (ISBN, ISSN, ISMN, DOI, ISAN, etc.).

Furthermore, the publisher may face a monetary penalty ranging between 100,000 and 500,000 RSD.