Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 14 on Transport policy and Chapter 21 on Trans-European networks was held in Brussels, on 24 and 26 February 2015.
Delegation of the government of the R. of Serbia was headed by Mr. Dejan Trifunović, State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and Chair of the Negotiating group 21, Ms. Tatjana Jovanović, Assistant Minister in the same Ministry and Chair of the Negotiating group 14, and Ms. Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team with the EU. In the delegation were also other representatives of the Ministry, as well civil servants from the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Issues, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Authority for Transport of Dangerous Goods, Road Traffic Safety Agency, Railway Directorate, Authority for Determination of Seaworthiness, Directorate for Inland Waterways, Civil Aviation Directorate and European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for chapters 14 and 21, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, civil servants of the line ministries and institutions presented in detail the situation in this field divided into the following parts: general transport acquis; road transport; rail transport; combined transport; maritime transport; inland waterways; air transport; Trans-European Networks. After the presentations, Serbian civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts from DG MOVE.
Ms. Tatjana Jovanović accepted at the end of the meeting harmonization of the legal system of the R. of Serbia with the EU acquis in these fields.