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Friday, 30 May 2025
26th Sitting of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending
The members of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending held a sitting on 30 May 2025.
The Committee members considered, in principle, the Bill amending the Law Establishing a Guarantee Scheme and Subsidizing Part of the Interest as a Measure to Support Young People in Purchasing their First Residential Property, submitted by the Government, Bill on Providing Guarantee by the Republic of Serbia in Favor of OTP Banka Srbija Joint Stock Company Novi Sad, Banka Postanska Stedionica Joint Stock Company, Belgrade and Banca Intesa JSC Belgrade Based on the Debt of Elektrodistribucija Srbije LLC Belgrade, in Connection with the Distribution Network Improvement Project, submitted by the Government and the Bill on the Borrowing of the Republic of Serbia from NLB KOMERCIJALNA BANKA AD BEOGRAD for the Financing Needs of the Project for the Construction of the Highway, Section Belgrade-Zrenjanin-Novi Sad, submitted by the Government, as well as the Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Second Serbia Green Transition Programmatic Development Policy Loan) between the Republic of Serbia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Buyer Credit Facility Agreement, among the Republic of Serbia represented by the Government of the Republic of Serbia acting by and through the Ministry of Finance, acting in its capacity as Borrower arranged by Bred Banque Populaire, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Industriel et Commercial, Credit Lyonnais, Natixis and Societe Generale, acting in the capacity as Mandated Lead Arrangers with Natixis, acting in the capacity as Global Coordinator, Structuring and Documentation Bank and Natixis, acting in the capacity as ECA Agent and the Financial Institutions listed in Part I of Schedule 1, acting in their capacity as Original Lenders, and the Bill on the Confirmation of Annex 1 of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of France on the Activities of the French Agency for Development and Institutions PROPARCO in Serbia.
The Committee accepted, by majority vote, the proposal of Chairman Veroljub Arsic to complete a joint debate in principle and single debate on all the items on the agenda.
The bills were presented by representatives of the Ministry of Finance Ana Tripovic, State Secretary, Olivera Zdravkovic, head of the Banking Department and Sanja Stojadinovic, Head of the Sector for Coordination of International Cooperation Activities.
Following debate, the Committee accepted all the bills, by majority vote.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Veroljub Arsic and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Katarina Stojanovic, Nikola Radosavljevic, Nenad Filipovic, Jasmina Palurovic, Nenad Krstic, Ilo Mihajlovski, Tijana Davidovac, Jozsef Tobias, Ana Beloica Martac, Branko Pavlovic, Dusan Nikezic, Pedja Mitrovic, Dr Dusan Bajatovic and Miroslav Aleksic.