Parliament adopts law on weapons import and export

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament adopted on Wednesday a law on weapons import and export and ratified four international agreements.

The law on the import and export of weapons and military equipment establishes control of import and export in those areas, broker services, technical assistance and transport of defence equipment in order to protect Serbia's security and foreign policy interest.

Once the law enters into force, all those who import or export weapons and other military equipment will have to be listed on a special registry.

The new law defines the conditions required for the import, export and transport of defence equipment, licencing procedure and the jurisdiction of the related authority.

The parliament ratified the agreement between Serbia and Algeria on the exchange and protection of classified information related to defence and Convention 94 of the International Labour Organisation regarding work clauses in public contracts.

A protocol accompanying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU was also ratified. It acknowledges Croatia's accession into the EU.

The parliameht also ratified an agreement with the Albanian Council of Ministers concerning veterinary cooperation.
A new session was started on Wednesday, with one item on the agenda, that being a proposal to adopt a set of amendments to the criminal code that would sanction Serbian citizens' participation in foreign conflicts as a criminal act.