{"id":40348,"date":"2020-03-30T18:50:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zuniclaw.com\/covid-19-and-event-cancellation-no-need-to-rsvp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:05:30","slug":"covid-19-event-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zuniclaw.com\/en\/covid-19-event-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Event Cancellation: No Need to RSVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Who or what is powerful enough to cancel the Olympic Games, postpone the N.B.A. season, NASCAR racings, cause the Broadway shut down, close Louvre Museum and cancel the Cannes Film Festival and Eurovision Song Contest? These are just some of the events that were canceled because of the one and only \u2013 Coronavirus<\/strong>.<\/p>

Countless concerts, shows, sports events and other public gatherings in Serbia have been canceled in accordance with state measures restricting the freedom of movement and the freedom of assembly.<\/p>

Canceling such events can result in significant losses to companies, including organizers, hosts, participants, sponsors and media firms included in the formation of an event, from which they would otherwise profit.<\/p>

Organizers of the events that have not been canceled yet are in doubt whether to postpone\/cancel them or continue with the plan.<\/p>

Let\u2019s go through the basic questions together to clear the doubt.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

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What About the Never Give Up Phrase?<\/h2><\/div>
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Are there any alternatives to cancellation?<\/p>

If you have planned your event in Serbia<\/strong> in the recent period, i.e. while temporary measures restricting citizens\u2019 freedom of assembly are still on the force, you should know the following:<\/p>

In Serbia, a special Order issued due to a state of emergency prohibits all public gatherings in public places indoors<\/strong>, when more than five people gather at one time. Also, it is forbidden to convene and hold rallies and all other gatherings of citizens outdoors<\/strong>. Therefore, you should postpone the events, if possible, and if not, cancel them, bearing in mind criminal and misdemeanor penalties in the case of actions against measures.<\/p>

If the event was to take place abroad, we advise you to check if there is a decision in the particular country, by which gatherings are restricted, and to act accordingly on time in order to minimize the losses.<\/p>

So, if you cancel or postpone the event, you are likely to breach your contractual obligation to the party who also participated in the organization of the event.<\/p>

In that case, an analysis of the contract is crucial for your next step.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

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Contract Analysis<\/h2><\/div>

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If you have the contract in front of you, check the following:<\/p>

Does the contract contain a force majeure clause?<\/strong> (what this clause means you may find out in our blog post COVID-19 and Contracts: This is Why You Will Be Reading Them More Carefully After the Pandemic<\/a>).<\/p>