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Serbia completes screening for all negotiating chapters
Belgrade/Brussels,
24 March 2015
Serbia's chief EU negotiator Tanja Miscevic said that Serbia today finished the screening of the last of the 35 chapters in its EU accession talks, completing a significant section of its European path.
Much work lies ahead for us now to prepare the opening of the first chapters, Miscevic said after the screening for Chapter 33 (budget and finances) ended.
In Serbia's case, the screening, a process of a detailed assessment of the compliance of the candidate country's regulations with EU standards, lasted for nearly a year and a half.
During that time, we held around 500 presentations for European Commission experts, with more than 700 people from ministries, regulatory bodies and the civil sector participating, Miscevic said.
The next step in the negotiation process are European Commission reports on the chapters, followed by action plans of the Serbian government, which must be approved by the European Council before any chapters are opened.
Action plans for a number of chapters have already been completed and sent to the Council, and we are rapidly working on the third version of the action plans for chapters 23 and 24, relating to the judiciary and fundamental rights, she said.
She expressed the hope that the first chapters will be opened as soon as possible, noting that, in addition to the technical requirements, political requirements from Chapter 35 must be met, which refers to the process of normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
Serbia will be relying on the experience of Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro and will intensively work on the implementation of action plans and will be ready when the Council green lights the opening of chapters, she said.
In Serbia's case, the screening, a process of a detailed assessment of the compliance of the candidate country's regulations with EU standards, lasted for nearly a year and a half.
During that time, we held around 500 presentations for European Commission experts, with more than 700 people from ministries, regulatory bodies and the civil sector participating, Miscevic said.
The next step in the negotiation process are European Commission reports on the chapters, followed by action plans of the Serbian government, which must be approved by the European Council before any chapters are opened.
Action plans for a number of chapters have already been completed and sent to the Council, and we are rapidly working on the third version of the action plans for chapters 23 and 24, relating to the judiciary and fundamental rights, she said.
She expressed the hope that the first chapters will be opened as soon as possible, noting that, in addition to the technical requirements, political requirements from Chapter 35 must be met, which refers to the process of normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
Serbia will be relying on the experience of Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro and will intensively work on the implementation of action plans and will be ready when the Council green lights the opening of chapters, she said.
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