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Serbia’s 2009 “Law on Genetically Engineered Organisms (GEOs)” prohibits the importation and commercial production of genetically engineered crops. While Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management has prepared a more forward-leaning “Law on GEOs” amendment in 2018, the current Serbian government has not considered adoption of this revision.

This report provides information on Serbian regulations and standards concerning food, agriculture, agricultural products and foreign trade.

On November 25, 2014, as part of Serbia’s EU Accession process and its Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, the Serbian Parliament adopted two new agriculture laws.

Law on GMOs does not conform to European Union (EU) regulations or the World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement.