Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 7 on Social Policy and Employment was held in Brussels, on 12 and 13 of November 2014.
Delegation of the Government of the R. of Serbia was headed by Ms. Branka Totic, Director of the Office for Intellectual Property and Chairman of the Negotiating Group 7, and Ms. Tanja Miščević, Head of Negotiating Team with the EU. In the delegation were representatives of the Ministry of Education Science and Technological Development, Public Prosecutor’s Office, The Supreme Court of Cassation and European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 7, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for Enlargement, the representatives of the line-ministries and institutions presented the legal body of the R. of Serbia in the following areas: Trade Marks, Designs, Patents, Supplementary Certificates, Compulsory licensing, Protection of IPRs in criminal law proceedings,  Copyright in the information society,  Orphan works, Computer Programs, Semiconductors,  Term of protection,  Rental and public lending rights, Broadcasting via satellite and retransmission by cable,  Artist's resale right, Legal protection of databases,  Audiovisual performances and Visually impaired. Afterwards, the civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts of DG Employment and DG Internal Market.
At the end of the meeting, Director Ms. Totic fully accepted the transposition of the EU acquis in this area into the legal system of the R. of Serbia.