At the 22nd sitting, members of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy reviewed and unanimously adopted the 2020 Annual Activity Report of the Commission for Protection of Competition.

The Report was presented by President of the Commission Nebojša Perić, indicating the operational results in the past year, during which – despite extraordinary circumstances caused by COVID-19 in 2020, the Commission successfully performed the tasks under its competence.

Following a debate, the Committee members ascertained a Conclusion Proposal on the reviewed Report saying the Report is accepted, and forwarded it to the National Assembly for consideration and adoption.

The sitting was attended by the Committee members and deputy members, and members of the Council of the Commission for Protection of Competition.

The closing online conference has completed the EU Twinning project “Further Development of Protection of Competition in Serbia”, jointly implemented by the Commission for Protection of Competition of the Republic of Serbia and the Italian Competition Authority as Twinning partners.

The purpose of the project was to contribute to the further harmonization of national competition legislation with the EU acquis, its efficient enforcement and raising awareness on competition law and policy among all relevant actors.

Among the most important project results are the drafting of recommendations for further harmonization of national legislation, improvement of capacities of the Commission for Protection of Competition, judiciary, government officials, and market operators and regulators in the more practical application of competition law and raising awareness of the public on competition policy, and the implementation of sustainable competition advocacy programs.

The project “Further Development of Protection of Competition in Serbia” was realized under the Twinning initiative launched by the European Commission to assist candidate countries in their efforts to strengthen their administrative and judicial capacity for the implementation of the EU acquis. The project budget is about one million euros and is implemented from January 2019 to July 2021. The contracting authority is the Ministry of Finance, Department for Contracting and Financing of EU funded programmes (CFCU).