National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 6 December 2012
29th Sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues
At the sitting held on 6 December, the Committee deliberated on the amendments submitted to 14 of the bills included in the agenda for the Eighth Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly in 2012.
viz. the Bill amending the Budget System Law, Bill amending and modifying the Corporate Income Tax Law, Bill amending and modifying the Excise Tax Law, Bill on Payment Deadlines in Commercial Transactions, Bill on Conditional Write-off of Interest and Tax Debt Dormancy, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Foreign Currency Transactions, Bill on Public Enterprises, Bill amending and modifying the Republic of Serbia Development Fund Law, Bill amending and modifying the Privatisation Law, Bill on Default Interest, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Bill on the Assumption of Obligations of Health Care Institutions toward Wholesale Pharmacies arising from Procurement of Medicines and Medical Material and Transforming Said Obligations into the Public Debt of the Republic of Serbia, Bill amending and modifying the Health Care Law and the Bill amending and modifying the Health Insurance Law.
The Committee deemed all the amendments compliant with the Constitution and the legal system, except for one amendment submitted to the Bill on Public Enterprises which was rejected because it did not comply with the Constitution and the legal system. The Committee also rejected two amendments submitted to the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, three amendments submitted to the Bill amending and modifying the Health Care Law and four amendments submitted to the Bill amending and modifying the Health Insurance Law, as incomplete.
The Committee went on to formulate the text of its response to the Constitutional Court of Serbia as regards the initiatives to launch proceedings to estimate the constitutionality of the provisions of article 7, paragraph 2, and article 40, paragraphs 8, 9 and 11, of the Law on the Judicial Academy, the provisions of articles 6, 23, 25, 26, 45 and 60 of the Law on Registry Books and the provisions of article 75, paragraph 1, of the Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration.
The sitting was chaired by MA Vladimir Cvijan, Committee Chairman.