Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic stated that Serbia's answers to the EC questionnaire represent "an X-ray of the country", and that the Serbian government will determine the final answers next week, after which they will be forwarded to the European Commission on January 31.

Presenting the answers to the members of the parliament's Committee for EU Integration, Djelic said that Serbia has managed to complete the job in only six weeks, whereas other countries needed several months to do that. We engaged all relevant state institutions, citizens, and experts in the process, he added.

The EC questionnaire, which consists of 2,483 questions divided in 33 chapters and six annexes, was given to the representatives of the Serbian government by EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Belgrade on November 24.

According to Djelic, the first half of the year will be very busy as regards the EU integration. Director of the government Office for EU Integration Milica Delevic said that Serbia's answers represent a comprehensive overview of the situation in the country.

She underlined that Serbia will host expert missions which will forward additional questions, for which the competent authorities are preparing in advance.

Delevic assessed that the questions will refer to the judiciary reform, and the recommendations Serbia has been given in that domain.

"We will adopt the recommendations from the Action Plan, so as to change things and try to acquire the candidate status in 2011," Delevic underlined.