At the beginning of the sitting, Committee Chairman Marijan Risticevic greeted the representatives of the relevant veterinary services of the Republic of Serbia who had responded to the invitation and come to take part in the discussion. He was especially grateful to the attending representatives of the Russian Embassy Alexander Botyanovski and Andrey Hripunov. Noting that the Russian Record on the delivery of pork from Serbia in inadequate condition and lacking the appropriate documentation was objective, Risticevic thanked the Russian Federal Service for its understanding as regards the disgraceful event relating to the export of pork from Serbia into the Customs Union. He promised that the product would in future undergo strict control which would also be monitored by the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee.
In the opening address, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Danilo Golubovic explained how the export into Customs Union member states functions i.e. how the slaughter-houses for the export of meat onto said market are certified. Golubovic explained that 12 Serbian slaughter-houses have been certified for the export of meat into the Customs Union in cooperation with the Russian partners and that the one delivery of suspicious pork without adequate declaration has not, as the media write, led to a complete ban on pork export from Serbia to the Russian Federation but to a temporary halt until the suspicions regarding the origin of the meat are eliminated i.e. the new hygiene conditions packet prescribed by the Customs Union is implemented. In the last months the export of Serbian meat onto the Russian market had tripled which has led to the suspicion that the meat was purchased on other markets and repackaged in Serbia.
Veterinary Inspection Chief Sanja Celebicanin explained that the Veterinary Directorate lacks adequate numbers of veterinary experts to quickly adjust to the new hygiene package which is the requirement for continued export of meat into the Customs Union. She appealed for a functional analysis of the employees in the state services because the Veterinary Directorate lacks veterinarians for control and certification.
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Zoran Rajic, Nenad Katanic, Snezana Savic Petric, Budimir Plavsic, Sinisa Kotur, Slobodan Sibalic, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Commodity Reserves Prof. Dr Milorad Rakonjac, representative of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Nenad Budimovic, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Serbian Veterinary Chamber Rados Railic, as well as representative of the non-governmental sector Veselina Pelagic and Zoran Milicevic took part in the discussion.
The Committee members shared their suggestions as regards the submitted reports and by a majority vote adopted conclusions to be forwarded to the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Marijan Risticevic.