Normative-legal regulation of operator security plans in the protection of critical infrastructure

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to determine the manner in which the normative-legal basis is constituited for the adoption of security plans of operators in the protection of critical infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia on the one hand, and in the European Union on the other. Long-standing tendencies of the Republic of Serbia to join the European Union arises questions as whether and to what extent the national normative-legal regulation of security plans of operators in critical infrastructure protection in the Republic of Serbia is harmonized with the same normative-legal regulation at the European Union level. In this paper we try to show how the most important document in this area in the Republic of Serbia, the Law on Critical Infrastructure, regulates this area and how it is done under the umbrella document in the European Union, Council Directive (EU) 2008/114, and to determine in which extent the legal solution of the Republic of Serbia is harmonized with the European norm. A comparative analysis of these two umbrella documents shows that there is a high degree of agreement between national and regional norms in this area, and if certain differences arise in practice, they are the result of different implementation of these legislative bases and not their different regulation.