Miscevic: Next comes screening report

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian negotiating team in accession talks with the EU Tanja Miscevic said Wednesday that that the following step in negotiations would be a report from the screening, which was brough to completion with a chapter relating to financial and a budget issues.

The results of the completed screening cannot be seen immediately, but are expected to show very quickly, for example in administrative procedures being speeded up, Miscevic said, adding that citizens would gradually feel improvements as a result of the screening process being completed in Brussels on Tuesday.

Miscevic said for Belgrade-based TV B92 that Serbia was not only to adopt new legislation but also to really implement new regulations and prepare action plans to demonstrate that it could achieve the goals set.

One can often hear at high-level political meetings that Serbia was entering EU membership negotiations on a level much higher than any other country before, she said.

The Serbian side has been working to align its legislation with that of the EU for 10 years now and certain standards have already been achieved, said Miscevic.

Photo Tanjug, Z. Zestic (archive photo)