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First round of negotiations between Serbia and EU will be official
Belgrade,
8 June 2007
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Ksenija Milivojevic said today that the first round of negotiations between Serbia and the European Union on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which will be held on June 13 in Brussels will be official, and not technical.
Ksenija Milivojevic
Milivojevic said that the official part of the negotiations includes provisions on some political issues and added that Serbia is in a specific position because it is the only country that did not negotiate continuously with the EU.
The points that remain to be discussed in the technical rounds are industry, agriculture and trade.
The agreement mostly refers to liberalisation of trade with the EU, Milivojevic said noting that customs rates were mostly discussed. She explained that environmental protection is not part of the agreement noting that this issue will be discussed in latter phases once the country becomes EU candidate.
She recalled that that the negotiation suspension lasted for nearly a year and that in the meantime Bulgaria and Romania joined the Union, that CEFTA was signed, which are all circumstances to be considered during the negotiations process.
Milivojevic pointed out that by November, when the European Commission (EC) will make a report, Serbia should pass a set of laws concerning the “White Schengen List” as well as economy-related laws.
According to her, one of the crucial tasks will be enforcement of law on ombudsman and law on state auditing institution, which are currently being harmonised with the new Constitution.
The points that remain to be discussed in the technical rounds are industry, agriculture and trade.
The agreement mostly refers to liberalisation of trade with the EU, Milivojevic said noting that customs rates were mostly discussed. She explained that environmental protection is not part of the agreement noting that this issue will be discussed in latter phases once the country becomes EU candidate.
She recalled that that the negotiation suspension lasted for nearly a year and that in the meantime Bulgaria and Romania joined the Union, that CEFTA was signed, which are all circumstances to be considered during the negotiations process.
Milivojevic pointed out that by November, when the European Commission (EC) will make a report, Serbia should pass a set of laws concerning the “White Schengen List” as well as economy-related laws.
According to her, one of the crucial tasks will be enforcement of law on ombudsman and law on state auditing institution, which are currently being harmonised with the new Constitution.
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