At its eighty-first session, held on 28 June, the Legislative Committee verified the revised text of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly.

The Committee also endorsed amendments submitted to the the Bill Amending and Modifying the Judges Act, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Public Prosecutor Act, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on the High Judicial Council, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on the Organisation and Powers of Public Authorities in Suppressing Organised Crime, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on the Organisation and Powers of Public Authorities in War Crimes Proceedings, providing for the coming into effect of these laws immediately after their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.

The Committee discussed in principle, and assessed as legally possible, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Banks and Other Financial Organisations, the Bill on the Export Insurance and Financing Agency of the Republic of Serbia, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Guarantee Fund Agency, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Financial Leasing Act, and the Public Debt Bill.

The Committee also assessed as legally possible the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by German Financial Organisation KfW to Elektroprivreda Srbije Public Enterprise, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Investment Bank to Finance a Railway Reconstruction Project, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the Government of the Republic of Poland to Finance a Project for Reconstruction of the Serbian Power Generation System, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Union for Settlement of Unpaid Obligations Due from the Contract with the European Investment Bank, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Settlement of Unpaid Obligations Due Under the Loan Granted by the European Investment Bank for Financing the Urgent Road Repair Project, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Investment Bank for Financing Road Repair in the Republic of Serbia, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Investment Bank for Financing European Road Project B – Serbia and Montenegro, the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (future modernisation and enhancement of the air traffic control system), the Bill on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Subotica municipal infrastructure reconstruction programme), the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Providing Counter-Guarantees of the Republic of Serbia to Serbia and Montenegro for Obligations Arising from the Loan Granted by the European Investment Bank for Financing the Electric Power Generation and Distribution System, and the Bill on Debt Restructuring Under NFA and TDFA through Issue of Bonds of the Republic of Serbia.

Also assessed as legally possible were the Bill Amending and Modifying the Value Added Tax Act, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Tax Proceedings and Tax Administration, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Customs Act, the Customs Tariff Bill, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Contributions for Compulsory Social Insurance, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Republic Administrative Fees, and the Bill on the Issue of a Surcharge Postage Stamp, and the Bill Amending and Modifying the Road Transport Act.

The Competition Protection Bill, the Advertising Bill, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Labour Act, the Ombudsman Bill, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on Lien over Movable Property Entered into the Registry, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Act on the Registration of Commercial Entities, the Bill Amending and Modifying the Public Information Act, the Public Administration Bill and the Civil Servants Bill were also assessed as legally possible.

Officials of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, the Ministry of the Economy, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Services took part in the session.