The agreement provides a political, legal and economic framework for cooperation between the European Union and Serbia, and Serbia was unable to continue along the path of European integration without the ratification process getting under way.
Acordul oferă cadrul politic, juridic şi economic pentru cooperarea dintre Uniunea Europeană şi Serbia, iar Serbia nu ar fi putut să continue pe drumul către integrarea europeană fără a începe procesul de ratificare.