Explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 17 on Economic and Monetary Policy was held in Brussels, on 2 and 3 December 2014.
Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Serbia was headed by Mr. Branislav Zoroja, Director-General of the Monetary Operations Sector in the Central Bank of Serbia and Head of the Negotiating group 17, and Ms. Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team with the EU. On the first day, Mr. Dušan Vujović, Finance Minister of the Government of the R. of Serbia, participated in the work of the screening meeting. In the Serbian delegation were also other representatives of the Central Bank, as well as of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Securities Commission and European Integration Office.
At the explanatory screening meeting for Chapter 17, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for Enlargement, the experts of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs presented in detail the relevant acquis divided into the following parts: exchange rate policy and euro adoption; participation in the procedure of coordination of economic policies; fiscal policy; sound national budgetary frameworks; monetary policy; European System of Central Banks and European Central Bank.
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 3 and 4 March 2015.