Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 16 on Taxation was held in Brussels on 5 and 6 March 2015.
Delegation of the government of the Republic of Serbia was headed by Mr Nenad Mijailović, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Head of the Negotiating group 16, and Ms Tanja Miščević, Head of Negotiating Team with the EU. In the delegation were also other representatives of the Ministry of Finance, as well as of Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Tax Administration, Customs Administration and European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 16, chaired by a representative of the Directorate General for 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 presentation of the Serbian tax system and administration; direct taxation; indirect taxation; prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, administrative cooperation and computerisation. After the presentations, Serbian civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts from DG TAXUD.
Mr Mijailović accepted at the end of the meeting harmonization of the legal system of the Republic of Serbia with the EU acquis in the field of taxation, with possible transition periods as a result of negotiations.