National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 22 November 2012
10th Sitting of the Environmental Protection Committee
At the sitting held on 22 November, the Environmental Protection Committee discussed the Republic of Serbia 2013 Budget Bill – section 26, Ministry of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection and section 28, Ministry of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning.
The representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy stressed that the budget proposed for next year is restrictive and, consequently, slightly more than 2.7 billion RSD had been allocated for environmental protection i.e. about 0.4% of the entire budget.
The representatives of the Ministry of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning explained that the two ministries are in charge of environmental protection and that the budgetary funds are at a satisfactory level.
The Committee members asked the ministry representatives many questions primarily about the consequences of the closure of the Environmental Protection Fund considering that it remains unknown how the spending of the so-called green or eco-dinar would be controlled in future. They also asked about the amount of budgetary income from environmental protection fees, what kind of stimulus is given to recycling and similar.
The Committee members deemed the planned budgetary funds for the sphere inexcusably low and asked the representatives of the competent ministries to answer these and other questions at the next sitting, as well as to open a debate on the environmental protection activities planned for next year.
The sitting was chaired by the Committee Chairperson, Milica Vojic-Markovic.
Committees related to this activity
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11.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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12.00 - the members of the PFG with Israel meet with the Israeli Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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12.00 - the members of the PFG with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island States meet with the Australian Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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15.00 - sitting of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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18.15 - opening of the exhibition “Combing Through Time” on the National Day of Remembrance of Roma victims of WWII (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)