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Serbia to respond to European Commission’s Questionnaire within two months
Belgrade,
25 November 2010
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bozidar Djelic said that Serbia will respond to the European Commission’s Questionnaire within a record time of two months thanks to the work done in the first half of this year.
Appearing on Radio Television B92, Djelic explained that in December 2009 ministries were tasked to prepare answers based on questionnaires that the European Commission submitted to the surrounding countries.
The Questionnaire of the European Commission has been posted on the Serbian government’s website, and as we prepare and adopt the answers they will be posted too, verified the Deputy Prime Minister.
He stated that 2,483 questions from the Questionnaire have been examined and affirmed that a meeting was held yesterday with European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule and the Serbian Council for European Integration.
It was agreed that the Council for European Integration should hold a meeting before sending out the completed Questionnaire, confirmed Djelic and added that the work on the answers will involve civil society, social stakeholders and the parliament.
The Questionnaire was structured around future chapters that will be the subject of negotiations for EU membership. When the Questionnaire is returned at the end of January, Serbia will receive additional questions, followed by checking the situation in the field, outlined Djelic.
He pointed out that by June the European Commission will have all the elements to prepare an opinion, based on which it will be decided whether Serbia will be granted candidate status for EU membership in December.
Djelic expressed his belief that the quality of reforms and cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will enable Serbia to obtain candidate status and recalled that our ambition is to get the date for the launch of negotiations for EU membership.
The Deputy Prime Minister declared that the government will be checking and assessing the quality of responses.
He noted that some of these questions show that more reforms are needed in some domains, including justice.
Djelic maintained that Kosovo-Metohija is regarded as status-neutral and in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, based on which the UN's six-point plan was adopted.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasised that ICTY Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will submit a report in December this year, followed by another report in June 2011, on the basis of which EU member states will evaluate the cooperation of Serbia with the ICTY.
The Questionnaire of the European Commission has been posted on the Serbian government’s website, and as we prepare and adopt the answers they will be posted too, verified the Deputy Prime Minister.
He stated that 2,483 questions from the Questionnaire have been examined and affirmed that a meeting was held yesterday with European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule and the Serbian Council for European Integration.
It was agreed that the Council for European Integration should hold a meeting before sending out the completed Questionnaire, confirmed Djelic and added that the work on the answers will involve civil society, social stakeholders and the parliament.
The Questionnaire was structured around future chapters that will be the subject of negotiations for EU membership. When the Questionnaire is returned at the end of January, Serbia will receive additional questions, followed by checking the situation in the field, outlined Djelic.
He pointed out that by June the European Commission will have all the elements to prepare an opinion, based on which it will be decided whether Serbia will be granted candidate status for EU membership in December.
Djelic expressed his belief that the quality of reforms and cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will enable Serbia to obtain candidate status and recalled that our ambition is to get the date for the launch of negotiations for EU membership.
The Deputy Prime Minister declared that the government will be checking and assessing the quality of responses.
He noted that some of these questions show that more reforms are needed in some domains, including justice.
Djelic maintained that Kosovo-Metohija is regarded as status-neutral and in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, based on which the UN's six-point plan was adopted.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasised that ICTY Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will submit a report in December this year, followed by another report in June 2011, on the basis of which EU member states will evaluate the cooperation of Serbia with the ICTY.
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