Serbia looks for way out of SAA commitment on sale of land

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The Serbian National Assembly will on Thursday start a new extraordinary session, whose agenda contains the draft amendments to the Law on Agricultural Land.

These changes aim to limit the right of foreigners to buy arable land in Serbia.

The extraordinary session was convened at the request of the government, which drafted the bill and forwarded it to the Assembly in order to be considered under urgent procedures.

If passed, the amended law will prevent complete liberalization of agricultural land transactions - something envisaged by the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) that Serbia has signed with the EU.

The implementation of relevant SAA provisions was to start on September 1, and would equalize the rights of the citizens of Serbia and those of the EU when it comes to buying agricultural land in this country.

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