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Draft national programme of adoption of European regulations to be prepared by late February

Belgrade, 21 January 2013

Director of the Serbian government’s Office for European Integration Milan Pajevic said today that the Serbian government will do everything to remove the remaining doubt in Serbia’s commitment to its European path by June, in which process dialogue with Pristina is priority, but other areas are important too.

In an interview to today’s issue of daily Politika, Pajevic expressed his conviction that Serbia is closer every day to the fulfilment of the tasks set by the European Council, which is a condition for the decision on the start of negotiations with the EU, and this decision will be made in June.

He underlined that the decision depends on the evaluation of all EU member states on whether a satisfactory progress has been achieved in dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, in line with the conclusions of the Council from December 2011 and 2012.

I am pointing out that these conclusions were made by all 27 EU member states, even those that did not recognise independence of Kosovo, Pajevic added.

The Director of the Office for European Integration said that along with the progress in dialogue with Pristina, the progress in other areas will be evaluated too, such as reform of the judiciary, fight against corruption and all forms of discrimination.

Pajevic added that the Office for European Integration, in cooperation with ministries and other bodies, is already working on a draft national programme for adopting European regulations which the government will adopt by the end of February and that it will outline the legislative activity for the period of next four years.

When asked when Lithuania, the only EU country that has not ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia will do so, Pajevic expressed his hope that after the recent elections in that country and the formation of a new government of Lithuania, the SAA will be ratified during bilateral meetings and that overall relations between the two countries will be improved.

In Serbia’s negotiations with the EU, out of 35 chapters the most difficult will be the ones that deal with judiciary, basic rights, justice, freedom and safety, agriculture, environment and competition, and the state aid, and the easiest will be those dealing with science, research, education and culture.