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Different Approaches to Legal Harmonisation:The ways and means to harmonise the national legal
framework with the requirements of the acquis
The case of Republic of Serbia
Vladimir Međak, Ph.D.
Serbian European Integration Office
Government of Serbia
Skopje, June 25, 2015
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Content of presentation
• Co-ordination structures for:
SAA implementation
Accession negotiations
Legislative process
• Policy co-ordination
• Legal harmonisation
Instruments for legal harmonisation
National program for the adoption of the acquis
• Administrative capacities
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Bodies for Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement
Stabilisation and Association
Council
Co-Chair: Minister for EUI
(SEIO Secretariat )
SAA Committee
Co-chair: Director of SEIO
Members are state secretaries- heads
of Sub-Committees
SEIO secretariat of Subcommittees
1. Sub-committee Trade
Ministry of Trade and
Telecommunications
2. Sub-committee
Agriculture Ministry of
Agriculture
3. Sub-committee Internal
Market, State Secretary
Matic Ministry of Trade
and Telecommunications
4. Sub-committee
Economic and
Financial Issue
Ministry of Finance
5. Sub-committee
Transport Ministry of
Transport
7. Sub-Committee JLS -
Ministry of interior
8 Special Group for
Reform of Public
Administration – Ministry
for Public Administration
6. Sub-Committee
Social Affairs –
Ministry of labor
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Government
COORDINATION BODY
Members of the Government
COUNCIL OF THE COORDINATION BODY
NG 1 NG 2 NG 3...
Ministries and special organizations
NG 31 NG35
National Assembly
SERBIAN EUROEPEA
N INTEGRATION OFFICE -
SEIO
Core Negotiating Team - CNT
IGC state delegation
MISSION IN BRUSSELS
Co-ordination structure for the accession
process
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Policy co-ordination during accession negotiations
• Protocols during accession negotiations defined by the Government
• All communication goes through SEIO
• Screening supervised by CNT and SEIO
• Negotiation positions approved by CNT
• SEIO is secretariat of CNT
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Adoption of a proposal of an act
Secretariat general
Government
Secretariat for
Legislation
Ministry 3
Ministry 2
Ministry 1
Serbian European integration
office
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Types of acts sent to SEIO
Defined by the Rules of Procedure (RoP) of the Government (since 2010)
1. Draft laws
2. Decrees
3. Decision that are relevant for harmonisation
• Sometimes rulebooks (not an obligation under RoP)
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Instruments of harmonisation
Defined by the Rules of Procedure of the Government (since 2010)
• Statement of concordance
• Table of concordance
(obligatory material sent to Government)
Draft Laws relevant for harmonisation sent to European Commission – obligatory since December 2014
(SEIO controls whether this has been done) 8
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National program for the adoption of the Acquis - NPAA
• Serbia adopted National program for Integration 2008-2012 (1st NPAA) fulfilled by 88% (1030 out of 1172 planned acts were adopted)
• Preparation coordinated by SEIO
• NPAA 2013-2016 adopted 28.2.2013
• January 21st 2014 Serbia opened accession negotiations
• Internal readiness for membership planed for end of 2018 – deadline for alignment
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National program for the adoption of the Acquis - NPAA
• July 31st 2014 NPAA 2014-2018 adopted
• Screening process closed March 24th 2015
• 9 screening reports adopted + 6 on COELA
• All SR adopted by the end of 2015
• Revision underway (by the end of 2015)
Legal
Financial
Administrative
• NPAA as a basis for negotiation positions
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Administrative capacities
• Understaffed
• Austerity measures (Budget cuts)
• No new institutions and reorganization before hiring new employees
• GUIDE TO THE MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ACQUIS (updated: February 2013) useful guide
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Useful links
Serbian European Integration Office:www.seio.gov.rsTranslation Evronim: http://prevodjenje.seio.gov.rs/evronim
Vladimir Međak, Ph.D.
Skopje, June 25, 2015