Explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 7 on Intellectual Property Law was held in Brussels, on 24 and 25 September 2014.
Delegation of the government of the R. of Serbia was headed by Ms. Branka Totić, Director of the Intellectual Property Office and Chair of the Negotiating group 7. In the delegation were also other representatives of the Office, as well civil servants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Public Prosecution Office, Supreme Court of Cassation and European Integration Office.
At the explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 7, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for Enlargement, the experts of the Directorate General for Internal Market presented in detail the relevant acquis divided into following three parts: copyrights and neighbouring rights, industrial property rights and enforcement.
The bilateral screening meeting, when the Serbian side will present its legal system in this area, as well as gaps in relation to the EU acquis, is scheduled for 12 and 13 November 2014.