Strategy for integrated border management

6. SERVICES IN THE INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
IN SERBIA
Basic precondition for the implementation of the integrated border management in
practice is an efficient co-operation and coordination in the work of all border
services, and their co-operation with other state bodies, institutions, and international
subjects.
Services present at the border are: the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
the Customs Administration of the Finance Ministry, and the Veterinary and Phyto-
Sanitary Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management.
Those four border services, by their joint work at borders, should guarantee basic
preconditions for an efficient system of control and surveillance at borders. Each of
those bodies has a specific task and role in the system of integrated border
management, but it is of utmost importance to harmonise their work and to establish
mechanisms for their co-operation.
6.1. Ministry of Internal Affairs – Border police
Border police, as an organizational unit in the Ministry of Internal Affairs performs
duties related to control of crossing and securing the state borders; it undertakes
measures to suppress cross-border crime – particularly illegal immigration, trafficking
of persons, smuggling of narcotic drugs, weapons, forbidden substances, prevention
of false and fake travel documents; crime-intelligence duties – collecting and
analysing crime-intelligence data in regards to cross-border crime, following of moves
of international criminal perpetrators and terrorists, and acts against them; duties
related to movement and sojourn of foreigners; it participates in procedures of
acknowledging asylums; it performs normative and legal tasks, controlling legality of
work and doing logistic duties; as well as other duties as prescribed by law.
6.2. Ministry of Finance – Customs
Customs, as an administrative body of the Finance Ministry carries out the measures
of customs surveillance and control of customs goods; it executes the customs
procedures; it calculates and charges customs duties, other import fees, value added
taxes, and imported luxury goods taxes; it executes preventive and subsequent
control based on the principle of selectivity and risk analysis; it carries out the legally
prescribed procedures aimed at discovering customs offences and criminal acts; it
enacts the original and second-degree administrative proceedings; it controls foreign
currency exchange in import and export of dinar and hard currency tenders in
international travel and cross-border traffic with foreign countries; it controls import,
export, and transit traffic of goods for which special security measures are prescribed
for protection of health and environment, of protected flora and fauna, of wastes, of
national riches with historical, artistic or archaeological value, protecting intellectual
rights and similar; processes and follows statistically data on import and export, and
performs other duties in compliance with laws and other regulations.
6.3. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management through its inspection
services at the border and in the country (Veterinary, Phyto-Sanitary and Agriculture
Inspection) is responsible for the cross border traffic of the plants, animals, and
agricultural plants and animal origin foodstuffs.