Bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 17 on Economic and Monetary Policywas held in Brussels, on 12 December 2015.
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. Mr Dušan Vujović, Finance Minister of the government of the Republic of Serbia, participated in the work of the screening meeting and presented the current economic situation in the country as well as ongoing fiscal and structural reforms. In the Serbian delegation were also other representatives of the Central Bank, as well as of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Cabinet of the minister without portfolio in charge of European Integrations, Fiscal Council, Statistical Office of the R. of Serbia, Republic Secretariat for Public Policies, Securities Commission and European Integration Office.
At the bilateral screening meeting for Chapter 17, 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 the R. of Serbia in the areas of economic and of monetary policies. After the presentations, Serbian civil servants were replying to the questions of the experts from DG ECFIN.
Head of the Negotiating group Mr Branislav Zoroja accepted at the end of the meeting harmonization of the legal system of the R. of Serbia with the EU acquis in the area of economic and monetary policy.