The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Mr Oliver Dulic, convened the First Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2007 for Monday, 1 October, beginning at 10 a.m.

Speaker Dulic proposed that the following be discussed at the sitting: the Proposal of the Decision on both Release and Appointment of the Republic Electoral Commission Members and their Deputies, the Bill on State Administration and Bill on National and other Holidays in the Republic of Serbia, as well as the Bill modifying the Law on State Officials and Employees’ Salaries, submitted by the Government.

The Speaker included the following into the proposed agenda: the Bills on the State Seal of the Republic of Serbia, the Seal of State and Other Organs, as well as the Bills amending and modifying the Insurance Law and Law on the Organisaton and Authority of State Organs in the Proceedings for War Crimes, submitted by the Government.

The National Assembly will also discuss the Bills on the confirmation of United Nations Conventions to Combat Desertification in the countries with severe drought and/or desertification, especially in Africa and on the estimate of the environmental impact on in a cross-border context, the Bill on the confirmation of the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians, the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, submitted by the Government.

Also, the proposed agenda of the session includes the discussion of the Bill on the confirmation of the Agreement between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro on social security, between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro, the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Government of Romania about the junction of the state borders between Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Hungary and Romania marked by a three-border junction marker and its maintenance, between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Governments of the Benelux Countries on the abolition of visas for the carriers of diplomatic and official passports, between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of France on the return and acceptance of individuals in an irregular situation, with Protocol, as well as on the confirmation of the Additional Protocol with the Criminal-Legal Convention on Corruption and Civil Legal Convention on Corruption, submitted by the Government.

The National Assembly will discuss the Bills on the confirmation of the Framework Contract of Loan concluded between the Republic of Serbia and the Council of Europe Development Bank, the Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of India and the Contract between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of India on the Avoidance of Double Taxation pertaining to income and property taxes, submitted by the Government.

The following will also be discussed: the Bills on the confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Customs Cooperation and Mutual Assistance to Customs Matters, between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia on Mutual Assistance to Customs Matters, as well as the Contract of guarantee (Serbian Railways – Rolling stock between the Republic of Serbia and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), submitted by the Government.

At this session the National Assembly will discuss the Bills on the Confirmation of the Contract of guarantee between the Republic of Serbia and European Investment Bank – Railways Reconstruction II Project, the Agreement on establishing a high performance railway network in Southeast Europe, as well as the confirmation of the Protocol from 3 June 1999 on the modifications of the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the Bill on confirmation of the World Postal Union Acts, submitted by the Government.

Proposals of the Decisions on Agreement to the Acts of Trustee for Information of Public Importance and Ombudsman will also be discussed.

The sitting will take place at the National Assembly Building of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, Kralja Milana Street No 14.