Germany still blocking opening of first chapter
Tanja Miščević said on Thursday that Germany is the only country that has yet to give the go-ahead for opening the first chapter in the negotiation process.
Friday, 14.11.2014.
09:56
Germany still blocking opening of first chapter
She said that Germany is bound by its parliament's position, which requests that Chapter 35 on the normalization of Belgrade-Priština relations be the first to open, and Chapters 23 and 24 on the rule of law, for which preparations are still under way.Miščević said she is glad that the screening for Chapter 7 on intellectual property protection has been done on Thursday, which means that Serbia completed the process for 20 out of 35 chapters, and by the end of the next week, the screening will also be over for the chapters on fisheries and environment.
“In the field of intellectual property protection, we have very good legislation, but the implementation is also important,” Miščević said, adding that this field is very significant because of Serbia's entry into the World Trade Organization, which Serbia has to join before acceding to the EU.
The screening process, which determines the degree to which a candidate country's legislation has been harmonized with the EU's acquis, is being done separately for each chapter and is a necessary phase in the negotiation process.
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