On the third day of the proceedings, 25 October 2023, the National Assembly continued and concluded the debate in detail on item 1 on the agenda - the Republic of Serbia 2024 Budget Bill, with its accompanying Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund 2024 Financial Plan, Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Republic Health Insurance Fund 2024 Financial Plan, Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Fund for Social Insurance of Military Insured 2024 Financial Plan and the Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the National Employment Service 2024 Financial Plan, submitted by the Government.

In the course of the sitting, based on the Decree of the Republic Electoral Commission on the allocation of an MP’s term of office for the purpose of filling a vacant seat at the National Assembly and the Report of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues, pursuant to Article 134 of the Law on Election of MPs, the National Assembly noted the verification of the term of office of MP Mladen Grujic, elected from Electoral List “ALEKSANDAR VUCIC – Together We Can Do Anything”.

The National Assembly proceeded to complete a debate on the remaining items on the agenda.

As the National Assembly had completed the debate in principle and in detail on all the items on the agenda, National Assembly Speaker Dr Vladimir Orlic set Thursday, 26 October 2023, as Voting Day on all the items on the agenda of the First Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2023, starting at 10 am.

On Voting Day, 26 October 2023, by 145 votes in favour, the National Assembly adopted the Republic of Serbia 2024 Budget Bill, with its accompanying Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund 2024 Financial Plan, Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Republic Health Insurance Fund 2024 Financial Plan, Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Fund for Social Insurance of Military Insured 2024 Financial Plan and the Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the National Employment Service 2024 Financial Plan, submitted by the Government.

The National Assembly also adopted the Bill on Public Information in the Media, Bill on Electronic Media, Bill amending and modifying the Law on State Survey and Cadastre and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on the Registration Procedure with the Cadastre of Real Estate and Utilities, all submitted by the Government.

The MPs went on to adopt the Bill amending and modifying the Budget System Law, Bill on Special Procedures for the Realisation of International Specialised Exhibition EXPO BELGRADE 2027, Bill amending the Law on Taxes for the Use, Possession and Carrying of Goods, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Electronic Invoicing, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Republic Administrative Fees, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Tobacco, Bill amending the Law on Public Service Media, Bill amending the Law on Temporary Regulation of Payment of Fees for the Public Service Media, Bill amending and modifying the Health Insurance Law, Bill on Healthcare Documentation and Medical Records, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Incentives in Agriculture and Rural Development, Bill amending the Personal Income Tax Law, Bill amending the Law on Contributions for Mandatory Social Insurance, Bill amending the Property Tax Law, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Public Procurement, submitted by the Government.

By majority vote, the MPs also adopted the Bill amending and modifying the Law on the Constitutional Court, Bill amending and modifying the Law on the Protection of the Right to a Trial within a Reasonable Time, Bill on the Republic of Serbia 2022 Budget Final Financial Statement, Bill amending and modifying the Law on the Fundamentals of the Education System, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Textbooks, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Secondary Education and Upbringing, Bill amending and modifying the Law on Primary Education and Upbringing, Bill amending and modifying the Law on the Fees for the Use of Public Goods and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Employees in Autonomous Provinces and Local Self-Government Units, submitted by the Government.

On Voting Day, the National Assembly adopted the Bill on Granting the Guarantee of the Republic of Serbia in favour of KfW, Frankfurt Am Main for the Borrowing of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) joint-stock company, Belgrade (Acceleration Program for Renewable Energies in Serbia (APRES), Phase I), Bill on the indebtedness of the Republic of Serbia with NLB KOMERCIJALNA BANKA AS BEOGRAD for the financing of the Kragujevac Roundabout Construction Project, Bill on the indebtedness of the Republic of Serbia with Postal Savings Bank, joint-stock company, Belgrade for the financing of the Line Infrastructure Construction Project for the Development of a New Area within the Construction on the National Football Stadium with Accompanying Facilities on the Territory of the City Municipality of Surcin in Belgrade, Bill on the indebtedness of the Republic of Serbia with UniCredit Banka Srbija a.d. Beograd for the financing of the Line Infrastructure Construction Project for the Development of a New Area within the Construction on the National Football Stadium with Accompanying Facilities on the Territory of the City Municipality of Surcin in Belgrade, Bill Granting Guarantee by the Republic of Serbia in favour of Postal Savings Bank, joint-stock company, Belgrade under the debt of “Serbia Cargo” Railway Cargo Transport joint-stock company, Belgrade, Bill on the Confirmation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Bill on the Confirmation of the Protocol of 30 November 1972 and the Amendments of 24 June 1982 and 31 May 1988 of the Convention relating to International Exhibition s signed in Paris on 22 November 1928 and supplemented by the Protocols of 10 May 1948, 16 November 1966, 30 November 1972 and the Amendment of 24 June 1982 and the Amendment of 31 May 1988, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement on Food Security Mechanisms in the Western Balkans, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on Combating Illicit Trade in Cultural Goods, Bill on the Confirmation of the Film Co-Production Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey, Bill on the Confirmation of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Protocol amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Second Protocol amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia and Third Protocol amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Construction of Bypass around Novi-Sad with the Bridge over the Danube River Project) between the Export-Import Bank of China as the “Lender” and the Republic of Serbia represented by the Government of the Republic of Serbia acting by and through the Ministry of Finance as the “Borrower”, Bill on the Confirmation of the Road Rehabilitation and Safety B Finance Contract between the Republic of Serbia and the European Investment Bank, Bill on the Confirmation of the Financial Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Government of the Republic of France on Cooperation in the Field of Financing the Introduction of General Automation of the Power Distribution Network Management in the Republic of Serbia, Bill on the Confirmation of the Loan Agreement (Serbian Climate Resilience and Irrigation Programme – Phase I and II) between the Republic of Serbia and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Operation Number 50848 and 53169, Bill on the Confirmation of the Guarantee Agreement (Srbija Voz Regional Depots) between the Republic of Serbia and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bill on the Confirmation of the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Federal Council on the amendment of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and the Swiss Federal Council on Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and Property, Bill on the Confirmation of the up to €700,000,000 MIGA Facility Agreement between the Republic of Serbia represented by the Government of the Republic of Serbia acting by and through the Ministry of Finance as Borrower and J.P. Morgan SE as Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger and Banco Santander, S.A. New York Branch, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and ING Bank, a branch of ING-DiBa AG as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Certain Other Financial Institutions as Original Lenders relating to a senior unsecured term loan facility to finance the provision of certain construction services by Bechtel Enka UK Limited, operating in Serbia through Bechtel Enka UK Limited Belgrade Branch to Koridori Srbije d.o.o. Beograd in relation to the construction of the Infrastructure Corridor E-761 highway section Pojate-Preljina (the Morava Corridor), Bill on the Confirmation of the Framework Loan Agreement LD 2147 (2023) between the Council of Europe Development Bank and the Republic of Serbia - BIO4 Campus Project Loan, Bill on the Confirmation of the Framework Agreement N°CRS1025 on Credit Facilities for the financing of the Serbia Green Agenda Programmatic Development Policy Operation Dated as of 26 June 2023 between Agence Française de Developpement as the Lender and the Republic of Serbia as the Borrower, Bill on the Confirmation of the First Credit Specific Agreement N°CRS1025 01 D for the financing of the Serbia Green Agenda Programmatic Development Policy Operation between the Republic of Serbia and Agence Française de Developpement, Bill on the Confirmation of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on the participation of the Republic of Serbia in ‘Customs’, the Union programme for cooperation in the field of customs, Bill on the Confirmation of the Credit Facility Agreement N°CRS1033 01 C between Agence Française de Developpement as the Lender and the Republic of Serbia as the Borrower and the Proposal of the Decision to grant consent to the Decision amending the Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund 2023 Financial Plan, submitted by the Government.

The MPs also adopted the Proposal of the authentic interpretation of the provision of Article 243, paragraph 1, of the Law on Healthcare (“RS Official Gazette” no.25/19), submitted by the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues; Proposal of the Decision on the appointment of members of the Election Campaign Supervisory Board, submitted by the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government; List of Candidates for the election of president and members of the Republic Commission for Energy Networks, submitted by the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy; Proposal of Candidates for the election of a member of the Council of the Anti-Corruption Agency, submitted by the Minister of Justice, as well as the Proposal of the Decision amending the Decision on the Election of Members and Deputy Members of the Committees of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, submitted by the People’s Party Parliamentary Group and the Proposal of the Decision amending the Decision on the Election of Members and Deputy Members of the Committees of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, submitted by the People’s Movement of Serbia – Ecological Uprising – New Face of Serbia Parliamentary Group.

On Voting Day, the National Assembly also ruled on the violations of the Rules of Procedure the MPs complained of in the course of the sitting and found that none of the provisions of the Rules of Procedure had been violated.

As the National Assembly had completed the debate on all the items on the agenda and ruled on them, National Assembly Speaker Dr Vladimir Orlic concluded the First Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2023.