The mentioned recommendations refer to several institutions that were supposed to fulfill certain measures.

They are:Agency for the fight against corruption, High Council of the Judiciary, State Council of Prosecutors, National Assembly andMinistry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice for Tanjug says that great efforts have been made to fulfill the GREECE recommendations from its jurisdiction.

In the reporting period, constitutional amendments were drafted with the aim of strengthening the independence and responsibility of the judiciary, which, among other things, foresee that the National Assembly andGovernment be exempted from the process of selecting judges, prosecutors and deputy public prosecutors, which was one of the recommendations.

The Ministry of Justice has completed work on the text of the amendments, which are in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, which the commission itself confirmed in mid-October.

On Thursday, the Government of Serbia forwarded to the National Assembly a proposal to amend the Constitution in the area related to the organization of judicial power and the position of the prosecution, thus starting the process of amending the highest legal act in the National Assembly.

The Ministry reminds that the Law on Lobbying has been adopted, while the Draft Law on Prevention of Corruption (new name for the Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency) is in line with the recommendations of the GREECE expert, who in the meantime gave his opinion on the draft law.

As announced by the Ministry of Justice, it will re-open the public debate when it finishes work on harmonizing the text of the draft law, after which it will also submit the draft to the Council of Europe.

Among GREECE's recommendations for Serbia is the introduction of rules on the transparency of MPs' contacts with lobbyists and third parties, due to the high risk of illicit influence (Law on Lobbying).

There is also the strengthening of the independence and role of the High Council of the Judiciary and the State Council of Prosecutors, as well as changing the procedures for the selection of judges, presidents of courts and prosecutors as regulated by the proposed constitutional amendments.