European Integration Office (hereinafter: SEIO) was established on 14 March 2004, as a Serbian Government service.

SEIO’s scope of workis regulated by Article 2 of the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the establishment of the European Integration Office (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 75/05, 63/06, 126/07, 117/08, 42/10 and 48/10).

Pursuant to this Decision, SEIO shall perform the activities relating to:

•      Strategy for association with and accession to the European Union;
•      Monitoring and participating in preparations and negotiations for conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union,implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union and the very European Union accession;
•      Strategy, stimulating and screening the harmonization of regulations of the Republic of Serbia with the European Union regulations and standards, as well as information of European Union and the public thereupon;
•      Coordination of translation of the European Union priority regulations into Serbian and coordination of translation of Serbian legislation into English language;
•      Assistance to ministries and special organizations in the process of legal harmonisation with the European Union regulations;
•      Monitoring the realization of obligations of ministries and special organizations in the process of European Union association and accession;
•      Harmonisation of Serbian institutional capacities and education of employees according to the requirements of the European Union association and accession;
•      Cooperation with specialized legal institutions;
•      Analysis of economic aspects of harmonisation with the European Union regulations and standards;
•      Participating in coordination of the programming of European Union’s technical assistance;
•      Promoting the EU association and accession activities and cooperation with specialized international and domestic economic institutions;
•      Participating in coordinating activities for planning and use of European funds, donations and other forms of foreign development aid
  

SEIO prepares for adoption the acts of the Government designed for supervising, directing and harmonizing the activities of ministries and special organizations in relation to the European Union association and accession and to the form of public information on the process of European Union accession and association.

SEIO also performs other activities in the domain of European Union accession and association as delegated to it by the Government.