In the continuation of the twenty-ninth sitting, held on 23 January, the Legislative Committee continued the discussion begun on 29 December 2008, on giving an opinion to the Serbian Constitutional Court regarding the two initiatives to estimate the constitutionality of the provisions of article 9, article 10 paragraph 2, article 11 and article 12 paragraph 2 of the Agreement verified by the Law on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the oil and gas sectors (“RS Official Gazette – International Contracts”, no. 83/08).

The Committee ruled that the energy agreement with Russia is in line with the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and that it is an inter-state contract liable to consideration by the Serbian Constitutional Court, and, in line with this, adopted the Proposed opinion which will be forwarded to the Constitutional Court.

The Committee decided that in the proceedings before the Serbian Constitutional Court, the National Assembly be represented by the Committee Chairman, Vlatko Ratkovic.

The sitting was chaired by the Committee Chairman, Vlatko Ratkovic.