19 January 2019 - The Office for European Integration has published the European Union Common Position for Chapter 27 - Environment and Climate Change, which is the preliminary and most important document for planning the obligations that need to be fulfilled within this area in the coming period.
Thus, the Government has confirmed the consistency of the principles of transparency in conducting the accession negotiations and the determination to, by providing access to information, encourage the efficiency and accountability of everyone in the process of EU accession.
By the procedure defined by the European Commission, the Government of Montenegro sent a request for access, use and distribution of this Common Negotiating Position after the Intergovernmental Conference of 10 December 2018. The meeting of the Working Group on the Negotiating Chapter 27 - Environment and the Climate Change of 25 December 2018 concluded that the Common Negotiating Position, following the translation, will be delivered to all members of the Working Group.
By the procedure and deadline, the European Commission approved on 15 January 2019 the access, use and distribution of the Common Negotiating Position, which until then, based on its request, was marked with the degree of secrecy "FOR INTERNAL USE".
We remind that the drafting of the Common Negotiating Position preceded the adoption of the Negotiating Position on Chapter 27 at the Montenegrin Cabinet session on 8 February 2018, which, in accordance with the practice applied to all open chapters, based on the Law on Secrecy of Data, was marked with the degree of secrecy "FOR INTERNAL USE".
Total Montenegro News reminds that on December 10th 2018 Montenegro officially opened negotiations in Chapter 27 - Environment and Climate Change at the Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels.
During this occasion, in his address to the representatives of the member states and the European Commission, Head of the Montenegrin delegation, Foreign Minister Srđan Darmanović, said that Montenegro had opened 32 chapters to date, of which three are closed. Darmanović added that the effort the country is putting in the alignment with the Acquis communautaire testifies to its continued and strong commitment to the European integration process. He believes that by opening the last negotiating chapter in the months ahead, Montenegro will once again confirm its leadership position, but also give a new impetus to the integration process, not only in the country but also in the countries of the region. The goal is to confirm the credibility of the European perspective of the Western Balkans.
