Investment
Renewables Left the Concession Regime: Auctions Now Decide
Since August 2024 a solar or wind project is not a concession. It is an auction for a market premium, with a twelve-year ceiling set auction by auction.
20 September 2026
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Investment
What Can Be a Concession in Montenegro: Article 6 Today
Renewable electricity left the concession list in 2024 and games of chance left in 2025. Eight subjects remain, and the Assembly can grant for sixty years.
20 September 2026Investment
The Foreign Investments Act Deleted Its Arbitration Clause
National treatment sits in Article 6. But the 2014 amendment deleted the ICSID and UNCITRAL defaults in Article 30 — the arbitration route is now yours to draft.
20 September 2026Montenegro Commercial Law
Pledging a Yacht in Montenegro: One Folio Shows Everything
The yacht register records owners and pledge rights in the same folio — unlike a company stake, where the encumbrance lives in a separate index.
20 September 2026Inheritance Law
Gifting Montenegrin Property: Article 32 Values It at Death
A gift to your child is added back to the estate with no time limit and valued at the date of death — and an advance waiver of the right to revoke is void.
20 September 2026Montenegro Commercial Law
An Irrevocable Power of Attorney Is Not Irrevocable Here
Article 88 lets you revoke even if you contracted not to. Article 89 means the revocation does not bind a third party who did not know about it.
20 September 2026Montenegro Tax Law
Royalties Out of Montenegro: 15%, 30%, and No EU Exemption
Software licences are royalties under Article 29b. Withholding is 15% or 30%, the EU exemption awaits accession, and Article 38(6) makes the payee related.
20 September 2026Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Consumer Insolvency in Montenegro: Who Article 72 Catches
Montenegro's Consumer Personal Insolvency Act has applied since 1 January 2017. Article 72 reaches non-residents who own property or earn income there.
20 September 2026Inheritance Law
Inheriting Crypto in Montenegro: The Estate Nobody Can See
Article 3 puts crypto in the estate the moment you die. The probate file is built from people, not chains — and Article 140 decides what happens later.
20 September 2026Montenegro Corporate Law
Share Pledge in Montenegro: The Filing Expires in 3 Years
Article 382 lets a d.o.o. member pledge a stake unless the statut says otherwise. Perfection is by registration only, and the filing lapses in three years.
20 September 2026Legal Updates
Montenegro's criminal code amendment took effect on 22 September 2026, with no eight-day buffer
20 September 2026Legal Updates
Montenegro's criminal code amendment took effect on 22 September 2026, with no eight-day buffer
Montenegro's criminal code amendment was published in Službeni list 137/2026 on 21 September and took effect on 22 September 2026. What changed.
20 September 20267 min read
