Before commencing the debate, the Committee unanimously accepted the proposal of Committee Chairman Dr Branislav Blazic that the Committee should first rule on the amendments the submitter had accepted and then on the ones the submitter did not accept.

The MPs had submitted 92 amendments to the Bill on Soil Protection, out of which the Government and the Committee accepted six.

On the behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the sitting was attended by acting assistant minister Slobodan Erdeljan and associates.

The sitting was attended by Committee members Dr Gordana Zoric, Nenad Milosavljevic, Gordana Topic, Sonja Vlahovic, Momo Colakovic, Ivana Stojiljkovic, Dr Jezdimir Vucetic and Dusan Jankovic.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Dr Branislav Blazic.