Serbia
In 2008, a European Partnership for Serbia was adopted, setting out priorities for the country’s
membership application, and in 2009 it formally applied. In 2010, the process to ratify the Stabilisation
and Association Agreement began, and in March 2012 Serbia was granted EU candidate status. At the
2013 June European Summit, Serbia was granted opening of the accession negotiations.
In terms of environmental approximation, Serbia has made significant progress in the alignment with the
EU acquis. According to the EC Progress Report, Serbia achieved a good level of alignment with the EU’s
horizontal environmental legislation, waste and water management; nevertheless, the country faces big
challenges in implementing and enforcing the EU environmental and climate acquis. Considerable efforts
are required in strengthening the administrative capacities and enhancing cooperation between relevant
line ministries. Alignment with EU climate acquis still needs to be improved, while efforts are required on
awareness-raising on challenges of climate actions.
The main beneficiary institution of ECRAN in Serbia is Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection.
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