Friday, 28 February 2025

18th Sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues

At the sitting held on 28 February 2025, the members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues considered 57 bills in principle.


The Committee found the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Higher Education, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Foundations of the System of Education and Upbringing, Bill amending the Law on Primary Education and Upbringing and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Secondary Education and Upbringing, submitted by the Government, to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

The Committee also found the Bill on Central Register of Beneficial Owners, Bill amending and modifying the Income Tax Law, Bill Establishing a Guarantee Scheme and Subsidizing Part of the Interest as a Measure to Support Young People in Purchasing their First Residential Property and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Civil Servants, submitted by the Government, to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

The Bill on the indebtedness of the Republic of Serbia with Banca Intesa AD Belgrade for the financing of the Ruma-Sabac-Loznica Project, Bill on indebtedness of the Republic of Serbia with UniCredit Bank Srbija AD Belgrade for the financing of the Ruma-Sabac-Loznica Project, Bill amending the Law on Salaries of Civil Servants and State Employees, Bill on Postal Services, Bill on Export and Import of Dual-Use Goods, Bill amending the Law on Agriculture and Rural Development, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Road Traffic Safety, Bill amending the Law on the Right to Free Shares and Financial Compensation to the Citizens in the Privatisation Process, Bill Granting Guarantee of the Republic of Serbia in benefit of Banka Postanska Stedionica Joint Stock Company Belgrade for Settlement of the Obligations of the Public Enterprise "Srbijagas" Novi Sad, for the Financing of the Development of the Distribution Network, Including the Rehabilitation of the Gas Pipeline System and Strengthening of Transportation and Storage Capacities in the Republic of Serbia, Bill on the Provision of a Guarantee by the Republic of Serbia in favour of Banca Intesa AD Belgrade and Bank Postanska Stedionica Aksionarsko Drustvo Belgrade for the Settlement of the Obligations of the Public Enterprise "Srbijagas" Novi Sad, based on the Loan Agreement for the Construction of the Distribution Gas Pipeline Leskovac-Vranje, Bill on the Granting of a Guarantee of the Republic Of Serbia in favour of OTP Bank of Serbia Akcionarsko Drustvo Novi Sad and Banka Poštanka Stedionica Akcionarsko Drustvo Beograd for Settlement of Obligations of the Public Enterprise "Srbijagas" Novi Sad, on the basis of the Agreement about the Loan for the Construction of Transmission Stations Horgos, Underground Gas Storage Banatski Dvor and Loznica, Bill on Granting a Guarantee of the Republic of Serbia in favour of Bank Intesa AD Belgrade for the Settlement of the Obligations of the Public Enterprise "Srbijagas" Novi Sad, on the basis of a Loan Agreement for the Construction of the Gas Pipeline Belgrade-Valjevo-Loznica, Bill amending the Law on Companies, Bill amending the Law on Privatisation, Bill amending the Law on Salaries in State Bodies and Public Services, Bill on the termination of the validity of the Law on the Salary System of Public Sector Employees, Law on Salaries of Civil Servants and Employees in the Bodies of Autonomous Provinces and Local Self-Government Unit, Law on Public Service Employees and the Law on Salaries of Employees in Public Agencies and Other Organizations Founded by the Republic of Serbia, Autonomous Province or Local Self-Government Unit and the Bill amending and modifying the Air Transport Law, were also found to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

The Committee proceeded to find the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Banks, Bill on the Protection of Users of Financial Services, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Foreign Currency Transactions and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on the National Bank of Serbia, submitted by the National Bank of Serbia, to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

In the continuation, the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Reproductive Material of Forest Trees, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Recognition of Agricultural Plant Varieties, Bill on Granting the Guarantee of the Republic of Serbia in favour of German Development Bank KfW, Frankfurt am Main for the borrowing of JSC Elektroprivreda Srbije, Belgrade (Renewable Energy Project Kostolac - Windpark), Bill on the Confirmation of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bill on the Confirmation of the Guarantee Agreement between EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock and the Republic of Serbia, acting through the Ministry of Finance, regarding Government Guarantee under Article 5 Eurofima Convention, Bill on the Confirmation of the EPS GREEN FINANCING A Finance Contract between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Novi Sad Solar-Thermal Plant Project) between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Readmission, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Tuvalu on Visa Abolition for Carriers of Regular Passports, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement between KfW, Frankfurt am Main ("KfW") and the Republic of Serbia represented by the Government of the Republic of Serbia by and through the Ministry of Finance for project “Efficient Water and Sanitation Programme for Green and Resilient Cities in Serbia” (“Green Cities”) (DKTI), Bill on the Confirmation of the Guarantee Agreement EPS Vlasinske Hydropower Plant Rehabilitation between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, Bill on the Confirmation of the Credit Facility Agreement N° CRS1028 01 G between Agence Française de Developpement as the Lender and the Republic of Serbia as the Borrower for Project “Phase 2 of the Serbia Railway Sector Modernization Programme”, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement Serbian Solid Waste Programme Phase III between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, Bill on the Confirmation of the Credit Facility Agreement N° CRS1029 01 H between Agence Française de Developpement and the Republic of Serbia, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Additional Financing for the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project) between the Republic of Serbia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans Loan Agreement between the European Union represented by the European Commission as Lender and the Republic of Serbia as Borrower and the National Bank of Serbia as Fiscal Agent to the Borrower, Bill on the Confirmation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, Bill on the Confirmation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Tuvalu on Visa Abolition for Carriers of Diplomatic and Service Passports, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the United States of America on Strategic Cooperation in the Field of Energy in the Republic of Serbia, Bill on the Confirmation of the Acts of the Universal Postal Union, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Paid Engagement of Family Members of Members of Diplomatic-Consular Missions, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the Paid Engagement of Family Members of Members of Diplomatic-Consular Missions, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Visa Abolition for Carriers of Regular Passports, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala on Visa Abolition for Carriers of Regular Passports and the Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda on Reciprocal Visa Abolition, submitted by the Government, were also found to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

At the sitting, the Committee members also considered the Bill on Borrowing of the Republic of Serbia from OTP Banka Serbia A.S. Novi Sad for the Needs of Financing the Project for the Construction of the High-Speed Transport Line, Section Pozarevac – Golubac (Danubian Highway) and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, and found them to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Milica Nikolic, and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Edin Numanovic, Goran Milic, Zivota Starcevic, Milan Radin, Dejan Bulatovic, Dunja Simonovic Bratic, Dr Tijana Peric Diligenski, Zdravko Mladenovic, MA Ljubica Vranes, Elvira Kovacs, Aleksandar Mirkovic and Risto Kostov.


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