At the sitting held on 1 July 2021, the members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues considered the bills on the agenda of the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 12th Legislature.
Before adopting the agenda for the sitting, Committee Chairperson Jelena Zaric Kovacevic informed the Committee members that, at the request of 226 MPs, item 1 on the agenda of the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 12th Legislature - Bill amending and modifying the Law on Nature Conservation, had been withdrawn and is consequently also being withdrawn from the agenda for today’s Committee sitting.
The Committee members went on to consider the Bill on the Confirmation of the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Joint Declaration relating to a Trilateral Approach to Rules of Origin and Joint Declaration on the connection between the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement No.CRS 1020 01 Y between the French Development Agency and the Republic of Serbia for the realisation of the Urban Climate Change Resilience Programme, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement No.CRS 1015 02 D between the French Development Agency and the Republic of Serbia for the Serbian Railway Sector Modernisation Project Phase 1, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Public Sector Efficiency and Green Recovery Development Policy Loan) between the Republic of Serbia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Sava and Drina Corridors Integrated Development Programme Using the Multiphase Programmatic Approach) between the Republic of Serbia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Serbia Railway Sector Modernisation Project Using the Multiphase Programmatic Approach) between the Republic of Serbia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Gas Interconnector Nis-Dimitrovgrad-Bulgaria (Border) Finance Contract between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, and the Bill on the Confirmation of the facility Agreement No.0020008959 relating to a senior unsecured term loan facility of up to EUR 431.685.732,79 UKEF guaranteed loan advances to finance the provision of certain constructions services by Bechtel Enka UK Limited, operating in Serbia through Bechtel Enka UK Limited Ogranak Beograd to Koridori Srbije d.o.o. Beograd in relation to the construction of the Infrastructure Corridor e-761 highway section Pojate-Preljina (the Morava Corridor) between the Republic of Serbia represented by the Government of the Republic of Serbia and acting by and through the Ministry of Finance as Borrower and J.P. MORGAN AG as Agent and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH as Arranger and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH as Original Lender.
The Committee found all the bills to be compliant with the Constitution and legal system of the Republic of Serbia.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Jelena Zaric Kovacevic and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Zeljko Tomic, Olja Petrovic, Vuk Mircetic, Luka Kebara, Ugljesa Mrdic, Dubravka Kralj, Srbislav Filipovic, Ilija Matejic and Violeta Ocokoljic.
