Accession of Serbia to the European Union

Accession of Serbia to the European Union
StatusCandidate negotiating (screening complete)
Earliest possible entry2029–2030
Application
European perspective21 June 2003
Potential candidate21 June 2003
Membership application22 December 2009
Candidate status1 March 2012
Screened & negotiations commence25 March 2015
Clusters open6
Chapters open26
Clusters closed0
Chapters closed2†
†Chapter 25 – Science and research and Chapter 26 – Education and culture are provisionally closed. Chapter 34 - Institutions is currently not applicable.
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
1 September 2013
Economic and monetary policy
EU Free Trade Agreement1 September 2013
World Trade Organization (WTO)Undergoing accession process.
Euro & the EurozoneThe euro is widely accepted in Serbia, although the official currency is the Serbian dinar
Travel
Schengen visa liberalisation19 December 2009
Energy
Energy CommunityMember since 9 August 2006
EuratomSerbia is not a member. Serbia does not have any nuclear power, but it does have a moratorium on the development of nuclear energy.
ENTSO-EElektromreža Srbije is a member.
Foreign and military policy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Individual Partnership Action Plan since 15 January 2015
Main article: Serbia–NATO relations
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)1 August 1975 (as Yugoslavia)
Human rights and international courts
Council of Europe (CoE)since 2003 (as Serbia and Montenegro)
International Criminal Court (ICC)Serbia and Montenegro deposited their instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 6 September 2001. The Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Main articles: Bosnian genocide case and Croatia–Serbia genocide case
Impact (27+1)
Population446,828,803455,052,321
1.5%
Area4,233,262 km2
1,634,472 mi2		4,310,736 km2
1,664,385 mi2
1.8%
(excluding Kosovo)
HDI0.8960.890
0.67%
GDP (PPP)$25.399 trillion$25.572 trillion
0.68%
GDP per capita (PPP)$56,928$56,196
1.29%
GDP$17.818 trillion$17.256 trillion
0.4%
GDP per capita$39,940$37,920
5.3%
Gini30.030.1
0.39%
Official Languages2425 Serbian
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Serbia applied to join the European Union (EU) in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012 (along with nine other states), while negotiations started in 2014 and are still ongoing.

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