Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 30 “External Relations” was held in Brussels, on 9 October 2014.
The delegation of the government of the Republic of Serbia was headed by Mr. Stevan Nikcevic, State Secretary in the Ministry for Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, and Ms Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team with the EU. In the Serbian delegation were also other representatives of the Ministry for Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Serbian Export Credit and Insurance Agency and Serbian European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 30, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for Enlargement, the representatives of the line-ministries and institutions presented the legal body of the Republic of Serbia in the following areas: Common Commercial Policy, Application of EC Trade Policy Aspects, WTO, Implementation of Trade Policy and FTAs (Customs and Quotas), Dual Use Export Controls, Anti-Torture Regulation, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Export Credits, Development Policy and Humanitarian aid. After the presentations, the civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts ofthe Directorates-Generalfor Trade, Development, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.
At the end of the meeting, State Secretary Mr. Nikcevic accepted the transposition of the EU acquis in this area into the legal system of the R. of Serbia.