Контрола државне помоћи у Европској унији - обавезе Републике Србије
State aid control in the European Union - obligations of the Republic of Serbia

Summary/Abstract: In the process of European integration, the Republic of Serbia must, inter alia, fulfil the requirements related to the state aid policy, that is, it must harmonize the state aid control system with the acquis communautaire. The need to regulate the state aid allocation system stems from the fact that because of its selective nature, uncontrolled state aid can disturb free trade and competition within the single market of the European Union. The paper analyzes the activities of the competent institutions of the Republic of Serbia regarding the measures proposed by the European Commission for the opening of the negotiation chapter 8 related to competition policy. The aim of the paper is to find out what activities have been undertaken by the competent institutions in the past period regarding the regulation of the state aid control system as an important mechanism for protecting competition. In this way, all efforts can be considered, as well as the omissions of the competent authorities aimed at fulfilling the requirements of the European Commission to obtain the conditions for opening a negotiating chapter in relation to competition. In addition, the analysis of the regulatory framework makes it possible to point out the importance of building an efficient state aid allocation system that must be in line with the acquis communautaire to fulfil one of the important conditions for acquiring a full member status. The paper first starts from the analysis of the regulatory framework for state aid control in the European Union and Serbia with particular reference to each type of state aid, such as horizontal, sectoral, regional and de minimis state aid. Then, the results of the conducted screening and the measures proposed by the European Commission regarding the state aid concession in the Republic of Serbia were pointed out with the aim of opening the negotiation chapter 8 related to competition policy, as well as activities that the competent institutions of the Republic of Serbia took in the past to fulfil these measures. Finally, at the end of the paper, the most important conclusions drawn from the analysis were presented, the contribution of the work was pointed out and recommendations for regulation of the state aid control area in the Republic of Serbia were given.

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