May 2006–June 2007 |
Negotiations called-off. |
16 May 2007 |
Representatives of the Serbian Government and the European Commission in Brussels signed the agreements on visa facilitation and on readmission, which will allow free visas for students, scholars, business people and certain other categories of Serbian citizens. |
13 June 2007 |
The negotiations on concluding the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia continued (after the establishment of a new Government). |
18 September 2007 |
The Agreement on Visa Facilitation and the Agreement on Readmission were signed between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia . |
7. novembar 2007. |
The Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia ratified. |
29 April 2008 |
The Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia was signed (the EU adopted the decision not to implement the Interim Trade Agreement (TPA) signed along with the SAA). |
16 October 2008 |
Serbia adopted the decision on unilateral implementation of the Interim Trade Agreement between Serbia and the EU from 1 January 2009. |
1 January 2009 |
Serbia initiated the implementation of the Interim Trade Agreement between Serbia and the EU. |
30 November 2009. |
The Council of the European Union published the document on visa liberalization with countries of the Western Balkans. |
1 December 2009 |
The Lisbon Agreement came into force. |
7 December 2009 |
The EU adopts the decision on initiating the implementation of the Interim Trade Agreement between Serbia and the EU. |
19 December 2009 |
The visa-free regime with the EU came into force. Citizens of the Republic of Serbia no longer need visas in order to travel to 25 member states of the European Union (EU), as well as to three countries that are not EU members, but part of the Schengen area. |
22 December 2009. |
22 December 2009 - Serbia submitted its application for EU membership. |
1 January 2010 |
The implementation of the TPA entered its second year, thus bringing the EU and Serbia into regulated relations. |
1 February 2010 |
The Interim Trade Agreement between the European Union and Serbia came into force. |
14 June 2010 |
The EU adopted the decision on initiating the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia. |
25 October 2010 |
The Council of Foreign Ministers of European Union Member States adopted the decision to forward Serbia ’s application for membership to the European Commission for consideration. |
24 November 2010 |
The European Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, submitted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia , Mirko Cvetković, the European Commission’s Questionnaire sent to the RS RS in order to prepare the avis on Serbia ’s application for EU membership, which when filled out, achieves one of the requirements for acquiring candidate status for EU membership. |
19 January 2011. |
The European Parliament ratified in Strasbourg theStabilization and Association Agreement between the EU and Serbia. |
31 January 2011. |
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia , Mirko Cvetković, handed over to the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, the Answers to the European Commission’s Questionnairesent to the RS in order to prepare the avis on Serbia ’s application for EU membership. |
22 April 2011 |
Serbia sent European Commission the last set of Answers to the Additional Questions. |
12 October 2011 |
European Commission presented its annualEnlargement Package in which it recommended that Serbia be given the status of candidate for membership in the EU. The European Commission recommends to open negotiations with Serbia as soon as Belgrade achieves further good progress in normalising the relations with Kosovo. |
