General
Information

The first plan of the Free Zone and Free Port in Bar dates back to 1906.

In 1909, the Minister of Finance of the Prince's Government adopted the "Regulations for the operation of the free port of Bar and the free zone attached to it".

Establishment of
the Zone

The territory of the Port of Bar Free Zone at the time of establishment includes:

  • Premises of "Port of Bar" JSC
  • Premises of SOE "Free Customs Zone Bar"

Year 2000 - Decision of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro on granting consent to the establishment of the "Luka Bar Free Zone" in Bar

Founders of the Free Zone:

  • The Government of the Republic of Montenegro,
  • Bar Municipal Assembly,
  • ''Port of Bar'' JSC.

2004 - Law on Free Zones
2005 - Decision on approving the start of operation of the Free Zone

Managing the
Free Zone Space

"Port of Bar" JSC is the authorized operator of the Free Zone:

  • areas managed by "Port of Bar" JSC
  • areas managed by "Port of Adria" JSC;

The total area of ​​the territory of both companies where it is possible to conduct business in the free zone regime amounts to over 130 ha.

  • Space in Free Zone mode
  • Space for the development of the Free Zone, currently outside the Free Zone mode of operation

Legislation

Law on Free
Zones

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro", no. 042/04, Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 011/07, 076/08, 073/10, 040/11, 040/16

Customs
Law

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro", no. 007/02, 038/02, 072/02, 021/03, 031/03, 029/05, 066/06, Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 021/08, 001/11, 039/11, 040/11, 028/12, 062/13, 071/17

Regulation for Implementation of the Customs Law

"Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro", no. 015/03, 081/06, Official Gazette of Montenegro", no. 038/08, 028/12, 011/16, 040/17,004/19

Spatial
Plan

Spatial plan of special purpose for the coastal area of ​​Montenegro adopted in 2018. provides the basis for the realization of investment projects in the area of ​​the Port of Bar JSC Free Zone

GENERAL URBAN PLANNING PARAMETERS:
OCCUPANCY COEFFICIENT 0.5
BUILD-UP COEFFICIENT 2.5
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FLOORS P + 4

Plan Locations Production Trade and Business System

  • The production-trade and business system is located at the location of the former Bar Customs Zone between roads III-III and IV-IV. The system covers an area of ​​9.3 ha.
  • 15 urban plots with an average area of ​​3,000 m2

Plan Locations of the Production Zone - Former Settlement of Sokolana

Area for the development of the Port of Bar Free Zone, which is located in the area of ​​the former settlement "Sokolana":

  • 16 urban plots with an average area of ​​4,200 m2 each intended for the development of production activities.
  • The space is not equipped with infrastructure, but it can be easily connected to the port infrastructure.

Planning Documentation

Port Zone- Port of Bar Free Zone

The port area includes two units. The first unit consists of the existing aquatorium and territory of the Port of Bar with breakwaters, operational shores, gates, cargo terminals, service and business systems. This unit occupies an area of 183.54 ha and is exclusively intended for the development of a series of specialized goods terminals. In addition to the goods terminals, the service and maintenance system and the central parking lot of the port area will be developed in this area, as well as a subsystem intended for the development of business, trade and production activities that are connected with import-export operations and require specific procedures in terms of customs clearance, control, etc. (Free Zone mode). According to the founding act, the Port of Bar Free Zone covers the area of the existing Port of Bar with the immediate hinterland, the area of the former Customs Zone and the location of special cargo on the southern slope of Volujica, with a total area of 116.12 ha, of which 104.17 ha is in the free zone regime. The second unit is the area in the bay of Bigovica intended for the development of the Port of Bigovica, as well as the entire massif of the southern slope of the Volujica hill. The usable area of this spatial unit is 40.11 ha and is intended for the development of the terminal for liquid cargoes and operational-manipulative areas of the future port of Bigovica. The port area is intended for the development of goods terminals aimed at serving goods and transport flows that are directly related to maritime transport, namely: Ro-Ro terminal, terminal for consumer goods, terminal for piece goods, container terminal, wood terminal, livestock terminal, grain terminal, terminal for containers and general cargo, multi-purpose terminal for dry bulk and liquid cargo (which includes transshipment and storage of natural liquid gas, acetic acid, etc.), terminal for liquid cargo - Port of Bigovica and for special cargo on the southern slope of Volujica. In addition to the goods terminals, a production-trade and business system intended for the development of business, trade and production activities that are related to import-export operations and require specific procedures in terms of customs clearance and control will be developed within the port zone; service and maintenance system; the central parking lot of the port zone as well as other terminals and supporting systems in accordance with the Detailed Elaboration.

Production Zone

The production zone with a total area of 68.03 ha will be developed in two units. (1) The production zone in Polje (hinterland of Port of Bar) with an area of 47.25 ha is intended for the development of various programs for the production of final products, processing, finishing, assembly, related to industrial branches that do not have pronounced negative effects on the environment (agricultural, textile, electronic, etc.). The first unit is the space in the hinterland of the current port zone, which is located between roads IV-IV, 1-1, VII-VII and 3-3 (from the port zone to the railway facilities and the current bus and train station). This spatial unit is intended for the development of various programs: production of final products, refining, finishing, processing, assembly, packaging, servicing and other jobs related to various industrial branches such as food, textile, electronic, leather, mechanical and other environmentally friendly industries. (2) The industrial zone on Volujica in the hinterland of Port of Bigovica, with an area of about 20.78 ha, is intended for the development of production systems of less environmentally desirable industrial branches.

Trade Zone

The trade zone, with a total area of 16.23 ha, is intended for the development of trade systems that will provide services to users in the area of Bar, the Montenegrin coast and in the wider gravity area. Within this zone, systems of wholesale trade, retail trade and systems of other forms of trade will be built and developed. The space between JNA, 1-1 and IV-IV streets and the station group of tracks is intended for a trade area. The zone faces the city across JNA Street and involves the transformation of the facilities of the so-called service zone into a trade zone. Various forms of sales and distribution of goods on the domestic and international markets will be implemented within the trade zone. The zone is very suitable for the development of trade, because on the one hand it leans against the port zone, the production zone and the goods transport center, and on the other hand it has direct contact with the city, users and clients.

Goods And Transport Center

It includes the space in the zone of the railway station facilities (existing passenger station) and the space between the railway shunting groups and the production zone. The goods and transport center on an area of 73.22 ha (without the road terminal of 16 ha, which is outside the limits of the Detailed Elaboration), includes a number of functions and subsystems aimed at servicing the goods and transport flows intended for the production and trade zone, as well as the wider gravity zone, and which are not directly related to maritime transport and port systems on the operational coast. Terminals and technologies of intermodal rail-road transport, as well as a logistics "outsourcing" system for activities in the trade and production zone, will be developed within the Goods and Transport Center. The locational position of the Goods and Transport Center enables efficient servicing of business capacities in the future industrial zones "Čeluga" and "Tomba". Subsystems of the Goods and Transport Center will be located within the spatial unit near the existing railway station and railway shunting groups. It is intended for the development of a rail-road terminal of intermodal transport, "outsourcing" systems for trade and production — a system of specialized high-bay warehouses, a freight train station, a freight exchange and a logistics information system.

Commercial Zone Bar

In the planned spatial structure of the industry, the Bar Commercial Zone (PZB), i.e. its planned segments and a number of individual locations for small and medium-sized enterprises within dispersed locations, has the greatest importance in terms of the volume of planned land. The commercial zone is one of the basic elements of the existing and planned spatial commercial structure and industry in the urban fabric of Bar. It consists of the port zone - the Port of Bar Free Zone, the production zone (in Barsko polje and part of Volujica), the trade zone and the goods and transport center. In the following period, it is necessary to realize the future spatial organization, the level of equipment and organization of the zone, the resolution of property-legal relations, etc., through the measures of planning regulation. The zone has comparative advantages for intensive activation in the coming period: favorable location, free undeveloped and relatively well-equipped spaces with infrastructure, good traffic connection to the railway, main road, presence of customs service, possibility of connection to future infrastructure networks, present port and transshipment facilities, possibility of forming a mixed zone, etc. In order to increase energy efficiency in the industry, it is necessary to provide a centralized heating system and connection to the planned gas pipeline network, as well as the implementation of environmental protection measures.

Documentation for Submitting Requests for obtaining Free Zone User Status

Legal Regulation

The basic legal act that regulates work in the free zone regime is the Law on Free Zones. It regulates the establishment and operation start of a free zone, management of the zone, special conditions (conveniences) for performing business activities in free zones, as well as conditions for the termination of their operation.

The Customs Law of Montenegro regulates certain issues of customs procedure and supervision over the entry and exit of goods into and out of the zone.

On the basis of the authorization from the Customs Law, the Government, according to the provisions of Art. 521-565 of the Decree on the closer way of implementing customs procedures and customs formalities ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro", No. 015/03 of 19.03.2003, 081/06 of 29.12.2006, Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 038/08 of 20.06.2008, 028/12 of 05.06.2012, 011/16 of 18.02.2016, 040/17 of 27.06.2017, No. 026/23 of 06.03.2023, 097/23 of 30.10.2023) prescribed the manner of keeping records and implementing customs control measures in the zones.

"Port of Bar" JSC, as the operator of the Zone, adopted the General Rules of Business in the Port of Bar Free Zone, in accordance with the authorization from the Law on Free Zones. The general rules represent the internal regulation of the zone and form an integral part of every contract on the performance of activities in the Zone that the Port concludes with an individual user. The general rules regulate the procedure and conditions for establishing and performing activities, general conditions for the use of land and buildings, and internal order in the Port of Bar Free Zone.

World At Port's Reach
Svijet Na Dohvat Luke

Address

Obala 13.jula no.2
85000 Bar, Montenegro

Phone

+382 30/300 400
+382 30/300 590

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