Department for Inspection Affairs

The Department for Inspection Affairs performs:

inspection and other supervision in the field of utility services, in the construction of buildings for which the City issues building approval, in traffic and roads, in environmental protection, in education and in trade outside retail premises, except distance selling, as well as enforcement tasks and general and legal tasks, in accordance with the law, the City Statute, decisions and other regulations adopted on the basis of the law.

Within the Department for Inspection Affairs, the following tasks are performed in accordance with the legislation in force:

• The Municipal Inspectorate performs delegated tasks under the Law on Trade relating to the supervision of trade outside retail premises, except distance selling, and to the display of and compliance with opening hours and the display of business names, and under the Law on Housing and Building Maintenance. In addition to delegated tasks, the Municipal Inspectorate also carries out inspection supervision of the implementation of the Law on Utility Activities, the Law on Advertising and the City regulations adopted on the basis of these laws: – the production and supply of the relevant utility product to users;
• the treatment and drainage of storm water and waste water; – keeping urban and rural settlements clean;
• municipal waste management;
• the landscaping and maintenance of courtyards;
• the supply of heat to the city;
• the landscaping and maintenance of parks, green and recreational areas, and other areas designated for public use and areas in public use;
• the development and maintenance of public car parks;
• the maintenance and use of public lighting;
• the development, maintenance and use of markets;
• the maintenance of wells and public drinking fountains;
• the development and maintenance of the city dog pound for catching and housing stray dogs;
• the maintenance of the city landfill and village landfills;
• the maintenance and upkeep of cemeteries;
• funeral services;
• chimney sweeping services;
• the keeping of domestic animals;
• control of opening hours in retail, hospitality, crafts and other service activities;
• control of the placement of advertising media;
• control of the use of public spaces;
• the placement of mobile sales units, catering and entertainment outlets and the like during city events;
• conducting administrative proceedings, initiating misdemeanour proceedings and issuing misdemeanour orders in municipal inspection cases;
• performs other tasks in accordance with the law, the City Statute, decisions and other regulations adopted on the basis of the law.

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• The Building Inspectorate performs delegated tasks relating to:
• conducting administrative and enforcement proceedings;
• adopting administrative acts and taking administrative actions in inspection supervision of the implementation of the provisions of the Law on Planning and Construction, the Law on the Legalisation of Buildings and the Law on Housing and Building Maintenance;
• issuing rulings on the removal of buildings or parts of buildings constructed without a building permit;
• keeping a register of demolition rulings issued;
• cooperating with the person or office responsible for organising enforcement proceedings;
• supervising whether the works being carried out comply with the technical documentation for the construction of buildings, the law and the prescribed standards;
• issuing rulings suspending works if a building is not being constructed in accordance with the building permit;
• supervising the use of buildings;
• filing requests to initiate misdemeanour and other proceedings in accordance with the powers under the law and other secondary legislation, and issuing misdemeanour orders;
• performing other tasks in accordance with the law, the City Statute, decisions and other regulations adopted on the basis of the law.

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• The Traffic Inspectorate supervises the application of regulations within the tasks delegated by law, and the application of City decisions adopted on the basis of the law and other regulations in the field of utility services and in traffic and roads:

1. supervision of urban and suburban passenger transport, domestic and local passenger transport (scheduled, special scheduled, non-scheduled, limousine service and taxi transport), passenger transport for own needs, public freight transport and freight transport for own needs, namely:

• inspecting buses and passenger vehicles used for passenger transport by road;
• checking the registered timetables on the basis of which domestic scheduled transport is operated;
• checking the prescribed documents for buses and passenger vehicles (travel orders, licence extracts, leasing and rental agreements for buses and passenger vehicles, taxi permits, vehicle registration certificates, confirmations, approvals, etc.);
• checking the prescribed documents for goods vehicles (transport licences, driver licences, employment contracts, leasing agreements, consignment notes, etc.);
• inspecting bus stations and bus stops and the service provider’s documents relating to the provision of station services;
• checking contracts for non-scheduled passenger transport against waybills, and contracts for special scheduled transport against passenger lists;
• handling applications to establish whether vehicles meet the conditions for taxi transport;
• checking compliance with the conditions for issuing licences for passenger and freight transport;
• checking delivery notes, consignment notes and other documents relating to freight transport for own needs in domestic road transport;

2. supervision of the implementation of protection and safety measures and of lawfulness regarding the condition of municipal roads, streets or unclassified roads, their sections and road structures, namely:

• checking the condition of municipal roads and streets and unclassified roads, their sections or road structures, and the proper maintenance of their sections and road structures in accordance with technical and other regulations and conditions ensuring that traffic can flow unimpeded and safely; – checking excavations of public traffic areas and unclassified roads;
• checking traffic conditions on municipal roads, streets or unclassified roads, checking the proper and regular implementation of the prescribed road protection measures and checking abnormal loads to see whether they are carried with a special permit;
• taking part in the winter maintenance service;
• checking and supervising temporary traffic changes during sporting and other events;
• checking the use of the riverbank and water area and the mooring of vessels in the territory of the City of Smederevo;
• conducting administrative proceedings;
• filing requests to initiate misdemeanour proceedings and reports of economic offences, and issuing misdemeanour orders;
• preparing reports and information relating to inspection supervision;
• performing other tasks in accordance with the law, the City Statute, decisions and other regulations adopted on the basis of the law.

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• The Environmental Protection Inspectorate performs tasks relating to: – conducting administrative and enforcement proceedings; – adopting administrative acts and taking administrative actions in inspection supervision in the field of environmental protection, as regards delegated tasks, namely:
• supervision of buildings for which the City issues construction approval, and checking whether businesses meet the prescribed environmental protection conditions for carrying out their activities;
• supervision of air polluters, with measures to eliminate air pollution;
• supervision of protection against noise from sources placed on the market and in use;
• supervision of the implementation of protection measures in environmental impact assessment procedures;
• supervision of the collection and transport of inert and non-hazardous waste, and of the operation of facilities for the storage, treatment and disposal of inert and non-hazardous waste for which the City issues a waste management permit;
• supervision of the management of packaging and packaging waste for facilities and activities for which the competent City authority issues a packaging waste management permit;
• supervision of protection against non-ionising radiation in buildings for which the competent City authority issues construction and operating approval;
• supervision of the implementation of measures for the direct protection, conservation and use of protected natural assets designated as protected areas by an act of the City;
• supervision in the field of chemicals management, namely the trade in or use of particularly hazardous chemicals for which the competent City authority issues a permit;
• supervision of installations and activities subject to an integrated permit (IPPC) for which the competent City authority issues a construction approval or an occupancy permit;
• handling requests from energy entities for reports on compliance with environmental protection conditions for carrying out energy activities;
• filing criminal complaints, reports of economic offences or requests to initiate misdemeanour proceedings; – preparing reports and information relating to inspection supervision;
• other tasks in the field of environmental protection in accordance with the law, the City Statute, decisions and other regulations adopted on the basis of the law.

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• The Education Inspectorate carries out inspection supervision of the application of laws and other regulations in the field of education and supervises the work of preschool, primary and secondary education institutions, as regards delegated tasks, namely:
• the institution’s conduct in implementing laws, other regulations in the field of education and general acts;
• the protection of the rights of children and pupils, their parents or other legal representatives, and the protection of employees’ rights; – the exercise of the rights and obligations of employees, pupils and their parents or other legal representatives laid down by regulations in the field of education;
• ensuring the protection of children, pupils and employees from discrimination, violence, abuse and neglect, and from behaviour that offends reputation, honour or dignity;
• the procedure for enrolment in school and cancellation of enrolment; – compliance with the prescribed conditions for conducting examinations;
• the keeping of prescribed records by the institution and establishing the facts in proceedings to annul public documents issued by the institution;
• political party organisation and activity;
• in the procedure for the verification of an institution, an educational profile, the implementation of curricula and syllabuses, the institution’s extended activities, status changes and changes of the institution’s name and registered office, the Education Inspectorate examines whether the conditions are met and acts within its powers. When establishing whether the conditions are met in the procedure for the verification of an institution, for its core and extended activities, the education inspector records in minutes whether the institution meets the conditions, in accordance with the law governing the foundations of the education system and the regulations adopted on the basis of that law, and informs the authority competent for issuing the ruling in the institution verification procedure accordingly;
• supervision of the work of employers providing work-based learning for pupils, in accordance with the Law on Education Inspection and a special law;
• supervision of the application of laws and other regulations governing the organisation and work of adult education institutions and publicly recognised activity providers;
• supervision of the work of centres in accordance with the Law on Education Inspection, the law governing the foundations of the education system, other laws, secondary legislation and general acts;
• supervision also of unregistered entities, which for the purposes of this law means any entity that carries out educational activities but is not entered in the register in accordance with the law and does not have the prescribed approval to carry out its activity;
• other tasks in accordance with the law, the City Statute and other regulations.

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Enforcement tasks:

• organising and carrying out the enforcement of the Department’s rulings;
• inspecting buildings to determine the method of enforcement, assessing the labour and machinery needed for enforcement, adopting the plan and programme and setting the enforcement schedule, and drawing up enforcement minutes;
• cooperating with public enterprises, companies, offices and authorities involved in enforcement in order to take measures to disconnect electricity, gas, telephone lines, water and sewerage and other infrastructure from the buildings subject to enforcement, ensuring the presence of officers of the Ministry of the Interior, and determining the costs of enforcement (labour, machinery and other costs).

System 48 tasks

• receives and records citizens’ requests and reports electronically;
• forwards citizens’ requests and reports to the members of System 48, that is, to users in public enterprises, inspection services and other services of the City Administration;
• the administrator forwards the responses to citizens’ requests received from public enterprises, inspection services and other services of the City Administration to the citizen who submitted the request;
• monitors and updates the responses received; – when necessary, prepares reports on citizens’ requests and reports received and on the responses forwarded to citizens.

Legal affairs

• providing professional assistance to staff in conducting administrative proceedings and in preparing rulings and conclusions, requests to initiate misdemeanour proceedings, reports of economic offences and criminal complaints, and processing objections and appeals;
• giving professional guidance on conducting oral hearings in administrative proceedings;
• monitoring regulations within the Department’s remit; – drafting proposals for new decisions and for amendments to existing decisions within the Department’s competence;
• preparing and consolidating the Department’s responses, reports and other acts addressed to City authorities, the City Public Attorney’s Office, state authorities and organisations and the like;
• preparing analyses, reports and information on the Department’s work.

Administrative tasks

• keeping consolidated attendance records for Department staff, organising the receipt, recording and distribution of case files and mail, and receiving and dispatching case files for archiving and dispatching mail.