Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 8 on Competition policy was held in Brussels, on 4 and 5 November 2014.
Delegation of the Government of the R. of Serbia was headed by Ms. Vesna Kovač, State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and Chairwoman of the Negotiating Group 8, and Ms. Tanja Miščević, Head of  Negotiating Team with the EU. In the delegation were representatives of the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Culture and Information, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Central Bank of Serbia, Commission for Competition Protection, Commission for State Aid Control, Accreditation Body of Serbia, Export Credit and Insurance Agency and European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 8, 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 two areas: 1) Antitrust and Mergers and 2) State Aid. After the presentations, Serbian civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts of DG Competition and DG Enlargement.
At the end of the meeting, State Secretary Ms. Vesna Kovač accepted the transposition of the EU acquis in this area into the legal system of the Republic of Serbia.