HARMONISATION OF SERBIAN NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM WITH EUROPEAN UNION ACQUIS - THE CASE OF ENVIRONMENT

The transformation of Serbian national legislation in the process of country 's accession to the European Union (EU) is a complex phenomenon and its scope and depth can significantly vary in different fields. Moreover, the constant and rapid development of European environmental law makes its reception in the internal law even more difficult. The objective of this paper is to provide, using mainly the comparative legal method, a global analysis of Serbian environmental legislation in the light of its harmonisation with EU acquis, without treating the issues of technical standards and questions related to the negotiation. framework within the Chapter 27. It will be argued that the progressive transformation of national legal standards under the influence of EU law is significant, but still remains far from reaching its effective implementation.