Is Clonazepam legal in Serbia?

Legal status

Clonazepam is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih kontrolisanih supstanci, the annex carried by the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju Spiska psihoaktivnih kontrolisanih supstanci, Službeni glasnik RS 12/2026, Član 2, at Lista 7, red 24, under CAS 1622-61-3. The row is recorded as «Clonazepam; Klonazepam | 5-(2-hlorfenil)-7-nitro-benzodiazepin-2-on | CAS 1622-61-3», which is the international and trivial name column, the systematic chemical name column and CAS 1622-61-3. The wording given here is the dossier's record of the row, in Latin script, and it is not offered as the text the Službeni glasnik RS prints. Serbian is written in both Cyrillic and Latin, the official gazette promulgates in Cyrillic, and all 88 Serbian rows in this dossier are recorded in Latin script with no Cyrillic character anywhere in them, so the entry is attributed to the dossier and to its Latin script source rather than to the gazette text. The penalty does not come from the Spisak. It comes from the Criminal Code, at arts 246 and 246a, which is where conduct with what those articles call opojne droge is divided and sentenced, and neither those articles nor the Lista 7 row attaches a gram figure to clonazepam.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The ceiling this dossier records for Serbia is 20 years of imprisonment, by Criminal Code art. 246(5) read with the general maximum in art. 45(1). That figure is document level, the same sentence on all 88 Serbian rows, so it is given here as the dossier's recorded ceiling for the country and not as a measured statement about this substance, and no route in the instruments the dossier cites reaches death. What this cell cannot give you is a weight. The Lista 7 row at red 24 carries a name, the systematic name «5-(2-hlorfenil)-7-nitro-benzodiazepin-2-on» and CAS 1622-61-3, and it carries no quantity at all. Arts 246 and 246a divide conduct by manja količina and velika količina and print no gram value for either. So the line between the smaller quantity offence and the larger one for clonazepam is a finding a Serbian court makes on the facts of a case, and it is not a number that can be checked before travelling. Anyone who says a particular weight is safe in Serbia is saying something the cited instruments do not say. The list number is a locator and not a severity tier: the dossier records the placement at Lista 7 but carries no description of what separates the seven lists from one another, so nothing here should be read as a claim that Lista 7 is treated more or less harshly than another. Separately from that, and carried forward from this site's published Serbia entry rather than re-derived from the Criminal Code in this pass, the published penalties are these. Drug use itself is not a criminal offence. Possession of a small amount for one's own use under Criminal Code article 246a paragraph 1 draws a fine or up to three years, and punishment may be remitted in minor cases. Small quantity is not numerically defined in law, so there is no fixed statutory quantity. Possession of a large quantity under article 246a paragraph 2 draws three to ten years. Production, circulation or sale under article 246 draws three to twelve years, five to fifteen years if committed by a group, and at least ten years if by an organised group. Cultivation of opium poppy or psychoactive hemp under article 246 draws six months to five years. Facilitating the taking of narcotics is an offence under article 247. The death penalty was abolished in 2002. Every figure in this paragraph is a penalty range or a fine and none of them is a quantity threshold. They describe the offences that this row's placement in the Spisak psihoaktivnih kontrolisanih supstanci brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

The dossier carries no prescription information and no traveller rule for Serbia at all, so this cell defers rather than inventing one. The country level question, meaning which Serbian body authorises a controlled medicine carried in, what paperwork it wants, what quantity it allows and how long an authorisation runs, was not established by the source behind this batch and has to be settled with the Serbian authorities before travel. What can be attached to the deferral is this substance's placement. Clonazepam sits on the Spisak at Lista 7, red 24, under CAS 1622-61-3, and that is a controlled substance listing rather than an entry under the Serbian medicines law, so any lawful holding runs through the controlled substance regime and a prescription written in another country is not a Serbian authorisation and does not become one at the border.

Documentation

Treat the placement as the checkable fact and the quantity as the open one. The row cited here, Lista 7, red 24, under CAS 1622-61-3, with the systematic name recorded as «5-(2-hlorfenil)-7-nitro-benzodiazepin-2-on», was checked on 20 September 2026 against the Spisak at Službeni glasnik RS 12/2026. Carry any medicine in its original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask the Serbian authorities before travelling rather than at the border. Do not carry a gram figure into Serbia from another country's law. The Spisak row and Criminal Code arts 246 and 246a give none, and a number taken from somewhere else will not be the one a Serbian court applies. The citation behind this cell is document level and is the same link for all 88 Serbian substances.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Serbia’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.