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5.17 ANNEX – RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM LAW ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND
JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF BELGRADE
5.17.1 LAW ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
("Fig. Gazette of RS, no. 129/2007)
2.1.1. Jurisdiction of the municipality
Article 20
The municipality, through its agencies, in accordance with the Constitution and the law:
1) adopt programs of development;
2) urban planning issues;
3) adopt the budget and final accounts;
4) determine the rate of municipal revenues, and explain the criteria for determining the amount of local taxes and
fees;
5) regulate and provide the performance and development of public utilities (water purification and distribution,
purification and removal of storm and waste water production and supply of steam and hot water, line the city and
suburban transport of passengers in road traffic, maintenance of cleanliness in the towns and villages, maintaining
landfills, editing, maintenance and use of markets, parks, green, recreational and other public areas, public parking,
public lighting, editing and maintenance of cemeteries and burial, etc..), as well as organizational, financial and
other conditions for their performance;
6) be responsible for maintenance of residential buildings and the safety of their use and determine the amount of
compensation for maintenance of residential buildings;
7) conducting the procedure for eviction of illegal occupancy of persons in apartments and common areas in
apartment buildings;
8) adopt programs of construction land, regulate and ensure performance of business development and utilization
of construction land and determine the amount of fee for the development and use of construction land;
9) adopt programs and implement projects for economic development and improving the care of a general
framework to work in the local self-government;
10) regulate and provide for the use of office space managed, determines the amount of compensation for the use
of business premises and supervise the use of office space;
11) ensure protection of the environment, adopt programs to use and protect natural resources and environmental
protection programs, and local action and recovery plans, in line with the strategic documents and their interests
and the specifics and determine the specific benefits for the protection and improvement of the environment;
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