Serbia

National Assembly

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Legislative activity

Number of laws adopted by parliament, per year
161
(2023)

Notes:

Please note that 7 of the 21 laws adopted by the Parliament in the 2014-2016 legislature were initiated by the National Bank of Serbia.

Under Article 107 of the Constitution, “ a right to propose laws, other regulations and general acts shall belong to every deputy, the Government, assemblies of autonomous provinces or at least 30,000 voters. The Civic Defender and National Bank of Serbia shall have a right to propose laws falling within their competence.”

Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
197
(2024-02)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
1
(2024-02)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
196
(2024-02)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
1%
(2024-02)
Dates of the previous legislature
01 Aug 2022 to 06 Feb 2024
(2024-02)

Executive-legislative relations

Legislation adopted by parliament requires the assent of the Head of State
Yes

Sources: Constitution

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
0
(2023)
Consequences when the Head of State declines to give assent to legislation
The legislation is returned to Parliament for re-examination
Final decision when parliament and the Head of State do not agree
Parliament

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

There is a procedure for introducing emergency legislation into parliament
Yes
Number of times the procedure for emergency legislation was used, per year
18

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No