Ugostiteljska delatnost

Abstract

In 2019, the Law on the Catering Industry was enacted in the Republic of Serbia. This law regulates the catering industry, which was the subject of the Law on Tourism before that. The subject of the catering industry is catering services, i.e. accommodation services, the services of preparation and serving food, drinks, and beverages, as well as the preparation and delivery of the food to the customers on some other place (other than the place where the catering business is located). The provider of these services is a caterer. A caterer is a commercial company, entrepreneur, while certain catering services may render a natural person. The catering services are to be provided in the catering facilities. Those are accommodation facilities (hotel, motel, camp, etc.), as well as facilities that (only) serve food, drinks, and beverages (bar, pizzeria, restaurant, etc.). The catering business may be conducted in the movable catering facilities, too. The catering business may be conducted throughout the entire year, seasonally and temporarily (fairs, trade fairs, markets, etc.). The catering facilities are assigned different categories, on the basis of the level of achieved quality standards. The paper particularly analyzes the catering services in the family household, in the countryside touristic households, as well as non-contractual obligations of the caterer.