Memo: Key findings of the Progress Report on Serbia

The Progress Report on Serbia is part of the 2013 Enlargement Package adopted by the European Commission on 16 October 2013. 2013 was a historic year for relations between the EU and Serbia with the decision to open accession negotiations on 28 June 2013 and the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) on 1 September 2013.

The Commission concluded that Serbia sufficiently fulfils the political criteria. Continued visible and sustainable progress in the normalisation of relations with Kosovo1*, including the implementation of agreements reached so far, will remain essential. Serbia will also have to sustain over time the reform momentum in the key areas of the rule of law, particularly judicial reform and anti-corruption policy, independence of key institutions, media freedom, anti-discrimination policy, protection of minorities and business environment.

ESO: Background information: EU and Serbia: enhanced cooperation rules enter into force http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-and-serbia-enhanced-cooperation-rules-enter-into-force/

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