At the sitting held on 3 November, the European Integrations Committee discussed in principle eight Bills on the agenda for the Second Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2009. The sitting was chaired by Laszlo Varga, Committee Chairman.

The Committee considered the Bills on Classification of Activities, on Official Statistics, on Unified Voters’ List, on Gender Equality, on Watermarks, on Protection of Integrated Circuit Topography, on Legal Protection of Industrial Design and on Copyright and Related Rights.

Representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, as well as the Republic Statistical Office and Intellectual Property Office elaborated the basic solutions proposed by these Bills.

In the continuation of the sitting, on 4 November, the Committee members endorsed the Bills in principle by a majority of votes and one reserved opinion.

At the sitting, the Committee also considered the Information on the Fifth COSAP Conference, to be held in Belgrade on 23 and 24 November 2009. The Committee members also considered the Information on the Third Interparliamentary Meeting between the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the European Parliament, to be held on 16 and 17 December 2009 in Strasbourg, in order to appoint European Integrations Committee delegates to take part in the gathering.