From the administrative and technical aspect, Serbia is ready to start accession talks with the EU, as it already has a foundation and a mechanism for negotiating teams for the dialogue, Head of the EU Integration Office Milica Delevic has said.

"The structure was formed even before drafting the National Plan for EU Integration (from 2008). It was made in such a way as to fit the chapters that will be negotiated with the EU," Delevic said for the Monday edition of Politika.

"Also, we have developed several levels - from those guiding the process at the highest level, to high-level state officials who represent the second echelon, to the people doing concrete work on certain issues," Delevic explained.

She added that at the highest political level, a coordinating body brings together the prime minister and the ministers whose departments are most involved in EU integration.

The second expert group includes state secretaries, who have been appointed the heads of 33 subgroups - the same number as the areas to be negotiated with the EU.

"Around 600 people have been working as part of this structure," said Delevic, adding that the makeup of the new government will undoubtedly affect the composition of the existing teams.

The new Serbian government will likely agree on provisional deadlines for adopting European standards in key areas and outline Belgrade's priorities in the talks with Brussels.

The first items on the table will be chapters 23 and 24, pertaining to the judiciary, human rights, liberties and security.