STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) is an international treaty, whose signing will grant Serbia the status of associated state to the EU. Two of the most important obligations that our country will undertake by this agreement will be the establishment of a free trade zone and harmonization of legislation with EU law.
Ratification of the SAA
Two years after its signing, on 14 June 2010, the Council of Ministers of the European Union decided to unblock the process of ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the EU and Serbia.
The decision was adopted after the Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz informed the Ministers of the EU that he was satisfied with Serbia’s cooperation with the International Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia.
The SAA so far has been ratified by European Parliament on January 19, 2011 and by the following EU countries:
1. Spain (21 June 2010)
2. Malta (6 July 2010)
3. Bulgaria (12 August 2010)
4. Estonia (19 August 2010)
5. Slovakia (11 November 2010)
6. Hungary (16 November 2010)
7. Cyprus (26 November 2010)
8. Slovenia (7 December 2010)
9. Italy (6 January 2011)
10. Austria (13 January 2011)
11. Luxembourg (21 January 2011)
12. Czech Republic (28 January 2011)
13. Germany (24 February 2011)
14. Denmark (4 March 2011)
15. Portugal (4 March 2011)
16. Greece (10 Мarch 2011)
17. Great Britain (11 August 2011)
18. Sweden (15 April 2011)
19. Latvia (30 May 2011)
20. Ireland ( 29 September 2011)
21. Finland (21 October 2011)
22. Poland (13 January 2012)
23. France (16 January 2012)
24. Netherlands (27 February 2012)
25. Belgium ( 20 March 2012)
26. Romania (22 May 2012)
