Printer Friendly Version Second meeting of the Subcommittee on internal market and competition @ 29 April 2015 10:44 AM

Second meeting of the Subcommittee on internal market and competition was held in Brussels on 23 April 2015. The delegation of the Republic of Serbia was led by Vesna Kovač, State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications. Dušan Vujović, Minister of Finance of Serbia has also participated at the state aid session of the meeting. From EU side Subcommittee was chaired by Christos Makridis, deputy head of unit for Serbia in DG for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). Subcommittee on internal market and competition is one of the six Stabilisation and Association Agreement subcommittees and it is held annually in order to consider issues of implementation of the Agreement in this field. The following areas were discussed: intellectual property right, public procurement, services, company law, accounting and auditing, financial services, consumer and health protection, state aid and competition. Subcommittee meeting was attended by representatives of various ministries and other Serbian institutions, because of the complexity of the issues. The third meeting will be held next year in Belgrade.