The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, convened the Fourth Sitting of the First Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2009 for Monday, 30 March 2009, beginning at 1 p.m.

The National Assembly adopted the following agenda:

1. The Bill on the Appearance and Use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and National Anthem of the Republic of Serbia,

2. The Bill on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction,

3. The Bill on the Protection against Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Safety,

4. The Bill on the Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation,

5. The Bill on Chemicals,

6. The Bill on Biocides,

7. The Bill amending and modifying the Environmental Impact Assessment Law,

8. The Bill onAir Protection,

9. The Bill onNature Conservation,

10. The Bill on Protection against Noise in Living Environment,

11. The Bill on the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Fish Fund,

12. The Bill on Waste Management,

13. The Bill onPackaging and Packaging Waste,

14. The Bill amending and modifying the Law on Environmental Protection,

15. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, with amendments and modifications,

16. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters,

17. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Amendments to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

18. The Bill on Political Parties,

19. The Bill on the Development Fund of the Republic of Serbia,

20. The Bill amending and modifying the Law on Chambers of Commerce,

21. The Bill on the expiration of the Foreign Trade Transactions Insurance and Financing Fund Law,

22. The Bill on Foreign Trade Transactions,

23. The Bill on Standardisation,

24. The Bill on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment,

25. The Bill on Tourism,

26. The Bill on Employment and Unemployment Insurance,

27. The Bill on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons,

28. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on Behalf of Kosovo in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 on the privileges and immunities of the Secretariat of the Central European Free Trade Agreement,

29. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Romania on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation,

30. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Financial Cooperation Program between the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Spain, with Annex,

31. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Framework Loan Contract concluded between the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Europe Development Bank,

32. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the State of Israel on the Abolition of Visas for the Holders of Diplomatic, Official Duty and other Official Passports,

33. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of India on the Abolition of Visas for the Holders of Diplomatic and Official Duty Passports,

34. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the European Police Office,

35. The Billon the Confirmation of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport,

36. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Multilateral agreement between the European Community and its member states, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 from 10 June 1999) on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area,

37. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air,

38. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between Serbia and Montenegro and the European Community on Certain Aspects of Air Services,

39. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991,

40. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Czech Republic on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Science, Youth and Sport,

41. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Science, Culture, Youth and Sport,

42. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on Cooperation in the Fields of Education and Culture,

43. The Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Art and Education,

44. The Proposal of the Decision on Termination of Judicial Office,

45. The Proposal of the Decision on Dismissal from Judicial Office,

46. The Proposal of the Decision on Termination of Office of Public Prosecutor,

47. The Proposal of the Decision on Termination of Office of Deputy Public Prosecutor,

48. The Proposal of the Decision on Termination of Judicial Office,

49. The Proposal of the Decision on Dismissal from Judicial Office.

On the second day of work, 31 March, the National Assembly continued the Fourth Sitting of the First Regular Session in 2009 at the Great Hall of the National Assembly House where the sessions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia will be held in future.

Before the debate on the first item on the agenda could begin, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, appealed to the deputies of the Serbian Radical Party Deputy Group to observe the seating arrangements in the Great Hall of the National Assembly House, in line with the Administrative Committee decision.

For violating articles 104 and 106 of the Rules of Procedure, the Assembly Speaker reprimanded deputies Dragan Todorovic, Gordana Pop-Lazic, Vjerica Radeta, Sulejman Spaho, Zoran Krasic, Vladan Jeremic, Milan Nikolic, Zoran Popovic, Zoran Mihajlovic, Dragan Stevanovic, Lidija Vukicevic, Ljubisa Petkovic, Dusan Maric, Radisa Ilic and Dobrislav Prelic.

Since after being reprimanded once the deputies did not take their seats, the Assembly Speaker reprimanded the same deputies a second time, then they were denied the floor and finally expelled from the sitting.

Since even after the pronounced measures the appropriate conditions for the commencement of the National Assembly sitting were not met, Assembly Speaker Djukic-Dejanovic called a recess and called the Deputy Groups’ Heads in for consultations.

On the third day of work, 1 April, the National Assembly continued the Fourth Sitting of the First Regular Session in 2009. At the beginning of the debate in principle on the first item on the agenda – the Bill on the Appearance and Use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and National Anthem of the Republic of Serbia, the Chairperson, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gordana Comic, asked the deputies of the Serbian Radical Party to take their seats according to the Administrative Committee’s decision.

Deputies Milorad Krstin, Milan Skrbic, Milan Veselinovic, Vitomir Pluzarevic, Filip Stojanovic and Vlada Milojkovic were expelled from the sitting having already been reprimanded twice and denied the floor for violating the order and dignity of the National Assembly and defying the Administrative Committee’s decision.

After a recess, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Oliver Dulic, addressed the deputies on the behalf of the submitters regarding the Bill on the Appearance and Use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and National Anthem of the Republic of Serbia.

The deputies of the Serbian Radical Party obstructed Minister Dulic’s elaboration of the Bill on state symbols, requested the floor under the Rules of Procedure, chanted and violated the order at the sitting. The deputies of the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia left the Assembly Hall due to a lack of appropriate working conditions.

Having repeatedly violated all the articles of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure on order and work at a National Assembly sitting, as well as the Administrative Committee’s decisions, the Chairperson, Gordana Comic, in line with article 108 of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure, expelled deputies Milan Avramovic, Boris Aleksic, Dragan Acimovic, Elena Bozic-Talijan, Milorad Buha, Slobodan Vukovic, Jadranka Vukovic, Jovan Damjanovic, Momcilo Duvnjak, Lidija Dimitrijevic, Branimir Djokic, Radica Jocic, Ljubomir Kragovic, Petar Jojic, Tomislav Ljubenovic, Aleksandar Martinovic, Sladjan Mijaljevic, Marko Milenkovic, Dejan Mirovic, Bojan Mladenovic, Paja Momcilov, Mirko Munjic, Sreto Peric, Dusanka Plecevic, Milovan Radovanovic, Nikola Savic and Marina Toman from the sitting.

On the fourth day of work, 2 April, the National Assembly continued the Fourth Sitting of the First Regular Session in 2009. Since the deputies of the Serbian Radical Party Deputy Group violated the provisions of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure regarding the order and work at a National Assembly sitting, as well as the decisions of the Administrative Committee, the Chairperson, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gordana Comic, in line with article 108 paragraph 1 of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure, expelled deputies Gordana Paunkovic-Milosavljevic, Ognjen Mihajlovic, Momir Markovic and Dragan Zivkov from the sitting.

In the continuation, the deputies completed the debate in principle on the Bill on the Appearance and Use of the Coat of Arms, Flag and National Anthem of the Republic of Serbia.

In the afternoon, the deputies went on to commence a joint debate in principle on Bill on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction; Bill on the Protection against Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Safety; Bill on the Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation; Bill on Chemicals; Bill on Biocides; Bill on Waste Management and Bill on Packaging and Packaging Waste.

Presenting the bills, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Oliver Dulic, pointed out the importance of passing the set of ecological laws and clarified the most significant provisions which are harmonised with European Union legislation.

On the fifth day of work, the National Assembly conducted a joint discussion in principle on the seven environmental bills the adoption of which is one of the conditions for Serbia’s approach to the European Union. This set of bills should help improve environmental protection and increase responsibility for its conservation.

By midday recess, the National Assembly had completed the discussion in principle on: the Bill on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction; Bill on the Protection against Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Safety; Bill on the Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation; Bill on Chemicals; the Bill on Biocides; Bill on Waste Management and Bill on Packaging and Packaging Waste.

Opposition parties’ deputies pointed out that the 1999 bombing presented the biggest threat to the environment in Serbia as depleted uranium and other radioactive substances are a source of long-term contamination and pollution of the soil.

The National Assembly went on to commence a joint debate in principle on: the Bill amending and modifying the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, the Bill on Air Protection, the Bill on Nature Conservation, the Bill on Protection against Noise in Living Environment, the Bill on the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Fish Fund and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Environmental Protection.

Elaborating the additional six bills from this field, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Oliver Dulic, said that they present a step forward in the harmonisation with European Union regulations, as well as in the establishment of more efficient environmental protection mechanisms in Serbia.

The National Assembly continues work on Monday, 6 April, starting at 10 a.m.

On the fifth day of work, the National Assembly conducted a joint discussion in principle on the seven environmental bills the adoption of which is one of the conditions for Serbia’s approach to the European Union. This set of bills should help improve environmental protection and increase responsibility for its conservation.

By midday recess, the National Assembly had completed the discussion in principle on: the Bill on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction; Bill on the Protection against Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Safety; Bill on the Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation; Bill on Chemicals; the Bill on Biocides; Bill on Waste Management and Bill on Packaging and Packaging Waste.

Opposition parties’ deputies pointed out that the 1999 bombing presented the biggest threat to the environment in Serbia as depleted uranium and other radioactive substances are a source of long-term contamination and pollution of the soil.

The National Assembly went on to commence a joint debate in principle on: the Bill amending and modifying the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, the Bill on Air Protection, the Bill on Nature Conservation, the Bill on Protection against Noise in Living Environment, the Bill on the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Fish Fund and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Environmental Protection.

Elaborating the additional six bills from this field, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Oliver Dulic, said that they present a step forward in the harmonisation with European Union regulations, as well as in the establishment of more efficient environmental protection mechanisms in Serbia.

On the sixth day of work, 6 April, the National Assembly concluded the joint debate in principle on the Bills amending and modifying the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, on Air Protection, on Nature Conservation, on Protection against Noise in Living Environment, on the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Fish Fund, on Waste Management, on Packaging and Packaging Waste and amending and modifying the Law on Environmental Protection.

In the afternoon, the National Assembly commenced a joint debate in principle on nineteen items on the agenda, the Bills on the Confirmation of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, with amendments and modifications, the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, the Amendments to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on Behalf of Kosovo in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 on the privileges and immunities of the Secretariat of the Central European Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement between Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Romania on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, the Financial Cooperation Program between the Republic of Serbia and the Government of Spain, with Annex, the Framework Loan Contract concluded between the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Europe Development Bank, the Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the State of Israel on the Abolition of Visas for the Holders of Diplomatic, Official Duty and other Official Passports, the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of India on the Abolition of Visas for the Holders of Diplomatic and Official Duty Passports, the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the European Police Office, on the Confirmation of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, the Multilateral agreement between the European Community and its member states, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 from 10 June 1999) on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, the Agreement between Serbia and Montenegro and the European Community on Certain Aspects of Air Services, the Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991, the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Czech Republic on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Science, Youth and Sport, the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Science, Culture, Youth and Sport, the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on Cooperation in the Fields of Education and Culture and the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Art and Education.