Towards a secure information exchange agreement with Serbia

(B2) The Council of EU Foreign Ministers is expected to authorize, on Monday 22 March, Cathy Ashton, its High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to negotiate a secure information exchange agreement with the Serbia.

On 16 December 2009, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister sent the High Representative a request to that effect. The draft standard agreement has been adapted to take into account the new situation of the Lisbon Treaty. What is interesting is the appearance alongside the usual institutions or entities (Council of the EU, European Commission, High Representative) of the European External Action Service (EEAS).

A service that will have its own security autonomy (as also shown in the first flowchart broadcast). Thus correspondence is normally centralized at the Head of the Council Registry. But, exceptionally, if the correspondence concerns only the EEAS, for example, it is the Head of Registry of the EEAS who will be responsible for transmission.

(NVP)