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Article 1
This Law establishes the ministries of Republika
Srpska as Republican administrative bodies and organizations; arranges
their organization, sets out the rights and duties of Ministers, Heads
of Republican Administrative Units and Republican Administrative Organizations,
and determines their respective spheres of activity.
Article 2
Ministries,
Republican Administrative Units and Republican Administrative Organizations
carry out tasks of the administration of the Republic.
Ministries
are civil service bodies, which perform administrative and other activities
in one or more administrative sphere of activity and they are not under
the supervision of another civil service body, but are directly subordinated
to the Government.
Ministries
are responsible for their own organization, management and for the education
of their own staff.
Republican Administrative Units are Administrative bodies within
the composition of independent administrative bodies (ministries), and
they shall be established for the purpose of performing certain activities
from within the sphere of activity of Republican Administration, which,
due to their nature, entirety and way of performing, require independence
and special organization (administration, inspectorates and other forms).
Republican
Administrative Units report to the Ministry in which composition they
are placed.
Republican Administrative Organizations are established for the
purpose of performing professional duties and duties of the Republican
administration (institutions, directorates, secretariats, agencies, commissariats,
funds, centers and other forms).
Republican
administrative organizations may have the attributes of a legal entity.
The
activities of Republican administration may be performed by other Republican
bodies (President of the Republic, Government and other), as well as by the non-state
entities (local self-governance units, enterprises and institutions with
public authorizations), if the law entrusts such performance to them.
Article 3
Ministries
are:
Article 4
The Ministry for Economy, Energy and Development performs administrative and other professional activities from the sphere of activities of energy and mining, which relate to: production, distribution of electric power; coal production and processing; production and refining of oil and petroleum products, natural gas; geological surveying of natural mineral raw materials – metals, non-metals, nuclear raw materials and underground waters (thermal, thermal-mineral and drinking water) and their exploitation; ferrous metallurgy; production and processing of non-ferrous metals; processing of non-metals; metal-working industry; machine building industry; production of means of transport; shipbuilding industry; production of electric machines and devices; production of basal and chemical products; processing of chemical products; food processing industry; animal feed industry; drinks industry; wood processing industry; manufacture of final wood products; manufacture and processing of paper; manufacture of textile yarn and fabric; manufacture of final textile products; leather and fur production; leather shoes and fancy goods production; rubber processing; tobacco processing; printing industry; collection and primary processing of industrial waste; specified purpose production; handicrafts sector and development of private entrepreneurship; making medium-term and long-term development plans; making development strategy of small and medium-size enterprises, as well as strategy for development of handicraft- entrepreneur sector; providing resources for effectuation and implementation of adopted strategies and development policies; planning, harmonizing and implementing development in informatics; making annual energetic balances; making annual and medium-term geological surveys programs; verification of mineral resources and keeping their cadastre, keeping cadastre of survey and exploration rights and other concessions' cadastre. By economic and development policy measures, the Ministry encourages development of these economic spheres; by incentive measures and direct contacts with foreign investors, provides foreign investments in domestic enterprises in these areas; monitors impact of economic policy measures on the trends of industrial manufacture and production in energy and mining sphere as a whole, and in particular branches and important enterprises; organize preparations for the International Community's renewal, reconstruction and development programs of economic sphere's activities and of important enterprises in this sphere; provides conditions for efficient functioning of public enterprises from the relevant sphere of activities; conducts inspection supervision in those areas; controls management over large scale manufacture enterprises in which state capital is invested; provides information through the media and other public means in accordance with the law and other regulations of the RS and BiH
Article 5
The Ministry of Finance carries out
administrative and other professional activities related to: financing
the system of general social needs (public expenditure); system of levies,
, taxes, voluntary taxes and other duties and lottery; system of financing
and forming of development funds; monitoring and realization of policy
and measures in the field of foreign currency system, customs, import
duties, credit and monetary system and banking system; financial operation
system (payment system, securities and financial recovery); accounting
system (accounting, book-keeping and balance); solidarity system; coordination
for generation and allocation of all revenues and incomes of the public
enterprises and public institutions in the Republic; preparation and
execution of the Republic budget and annual account of the budget, compensation,
premium, price support, indemnification, and investments financed from
the republic financial resources; normative and legal activities from
the competence of the Ministry; performs activities related to insurance
of property and persons; analysis and consolidation of the town and municipal
budgets, and of the out-of-budget funds; discovery and prevention of
money-laundering; control of public procurements; maintains and reorganizes
the database; Republic treasury activities; management of cash flow,
daily monitoring of financial resources, obligations and demands and
planning provision for deficits; concentration of financial resources
for insurance of the financial market; improvement of liquidity of the
financial system by which financing at the Republic level is carried
out; public debt and its servicing; realization of a permanent insight
into the movements of offers and demands at the monetary market, and
especially movements of interest rate; control of realization of the
budget revenues; supervision over authorized usage of the Republic resources
and activities of social revenues stipulated by law; provides information
through the media and other public means in accordance with the law and
other regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 6
The Ministry of Education and Culture
performs administrative activities and other professional tasks from
the sphere of activities of education, which refer to: preschool, primary
and secondary education and upbringing; education of the children of
the Republic citizens employed abroad; validation and equalization of
foreign school certificates; pupils standards; preparing program of educational
cooperation with other countries and international organizations, and
international agreements in the field of education in compliance with
the Constitution of BiH; university and college level of education; students
standards; preparing program of educational cooperation with Federation
of BiH, with other countries and international organizations, and international
agreements in the field of university and college level education in
compliance with the Constitution of the RS and BiH.
Performs administrative and other professional activities from the
sphere of activities of culture related to:; protection and usage of
cultural-historical and natural heritage; museum, archive, library, publishing,
theatrical, musical, fine arts, film and show business sector; activities
of social organizations and associations in the field of art and culture;
technical culture; preparing programs for and treaties on cultural cooperation,
in compliance with the Constitution of RS and Constitution of BiH, provides
information through the media and other public means in accordance with
the law and other regulations of the RS and BiH
Article 7
The Ministry of Justice
carries out administrative and other professional activities related
to exercising of competencies of Republika Srpska over the following:
judicial institutions and administrative supervision over the work of
the administration of justice; correctional institutions and educational
and correctional institutions; implementation of criminal and transgression
sanctions; inspection jobs related to the implementation of transgression
sanctions; takes care of providing the uniform and legal implementation
of transgression sanctions; organization of operations and functioning
of penitentiary and correctional, and of educational and correctional
institutions; monitors and controls the services; keeping safety; professional
training and creation of personnel policy; offering help in education
of judges and prosecutors; performs control of exercise, respect
and improvement of human rights of the individuals deprived from freedom;
monitors and keeps the records which allow analysis and observing the
functioning of the system for implementation of criminal and transgression
sanctions, and proposes measures for their improvement; conducts professional
preparations of proposals for amnesty, and prepares analysis, information
and reports related to amnesty. Performs the activities related to organization
and operation of the public attorney's office, law practice and legal
assistance services; magistrate courts; operations related to organization
and operation of the magistrate courts encompass preparation of reports
and information on the basis of conducted supervision in relation to
the implementation of the courthouse's rules of procedure in the magistrate
courts, and taking care of implementation of organizational norms and
collection of statistical data on transgressions.
Ministry carries out administrative and other professional tasks
related to sitting for the judicial examination, processes the requests
from domestic and foreign courts of law and from the other state bodies,
which are related to delivery of international legal assistance, provides
expert opinion on international treaties in relation to delivery of the
international legal assistance in civil and criminal sphere, prepares
opinion on drafts of international treaties and on proposals of laws
which regulate issues containing the elements of foreignism; realizes
cooperation with the ICT in The Hague in compliance with the law; participates
actively in procedures of implementation, production and adoption of
legal projects from the area of its competencies; provides expert opinion
on legal projects upon the request of the other ministries and other
authorized bodies; adopts secondary legislation acts which are necessary
for the implementation of laws; provides information through the media
and other public means in accordance with the law and other regulations
of the RS and BiH.
Article 8
The Ministry of Defense
performs administrative and other expert tasks which relate to: organization
and development of the defense system in the Republic; keeping the record
of persons subject to military conscription, persons subject to working
obligation and persons subject to civil defense obligation, material
needs needed by the Army and other structures of defense; drafting and
assigning military service; recruiting and mobilizing the Army, police,
state organs, enterprises and other legal entities; allotting citizens
and material means for the needs of defense; civil defense, observation,
information and communication service for the needs of administration
and protection through codes; making and harmonizing development and
defense plans in accordance with the BiH Defense Policy; preparing and
arranging territory for the needs of defense; harmonizing, financing
and following implementation of plans and programs in the field of military
industry; planning, harmonizing, financing and following the implementation
of overhaul of arms and other military equipment; organization and coordination
of tasks in relation to providing for the material needs of the Army;
planning and executing the military budget, keeping books and records
on expenditures from the military budget; organizing and performing training
of citizens for defense and organizing and performing drills of defense
forces and citizens, , inspection and supervision in the area of defense;
providing the information through the media and other public means and
performs other tasks in accordance with law and other regulations of
the RS and BiH.
Article
9
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
carries out administrative and other professional activities related
to: protection from violent endangerment of the system defined by the
Constitution and endangerment of the security of the Republic; protection
of lives and citizens' personal security, prevention and discovery of
crimes; discovery and capture of perpetrators; public order maintenance;
securing of certain individuals and facilities; criminal-technical expertise;
traffic security on roads; residence and movement of foreigners; passports;
fire protection; operation, transport and storage of dangerous substances;
organization, arming, equipping, training of active and reserve police
in the Republic; establishment and organization of functional communications
system in the Ministry; ID cards; permanent and temporary residence registration;
vehicle registration; driving licenses; purchasing, maintenance and carrying
of weapons and ammunition;
holding of public meetings; registration of foreign associations; education,
professional training and advancement of personnel for the needs of internal
affairs bodies; providing assistance for elimination of consequences
in case of general alert caused by natural disasters or epidemics; inspection
supervision in the field of fire protection; cooperation with the other police
structures in BiH in accordance with valid regulations of RS and BiH;
providing information through the media and other public means and performs
other tasks in accordance with law and other regulations of the RS and
BiH.
Article 10
The Ministry of Administration and
Local Self-management carries out administrative and other professional
activities related to: political organizations, social organizations
and citizens' associations, civil service and local self-governance system
in the RS administration; producing reports on accomplishment of municipal
policy for the previous year, on decisions passed by municipal assembly
authorities, on municipal authorities' decisions the implementation of
which has been suspended, on implementation of law, regulations and international
treaties in compliance with the Constitution of BiH based on reports
of municipal chief-executives; parliamentary system; political and territorial
organization of the Republika Srpska; electorate system; takes part in
producing criteria for allocation of resources for wages in civil service
bodies; citizenship; birth
record books; personal names; personal
identification numbers; inspection supervision in the field of administration;
provides information through the media and other public means and performs
other tasks in accordance with law and other regulations of the RS and
BiH.
Article 11
The
Ministry of Health and Social Protection carries out administrative activities
and other professional tasks related to: protection and improvement of
citizens' health and monitoring of health conditions and health needs
of citizens; health protection system; organization of health protection
under all conditions; professional training and specialization of health
workers; health inspection; organization of supervision over the expert
work of health institutions; health insurance and provision of health
insurance from public revenues; production and trade of medicines, toxic
and narcotics, medical equipment and medical appliances; health propriety
of water, food and products of general use; inspection supervision in
sanitary field; social protection system; social care over families and
children; activities of public organizations and citizens' associations
in the socio-humanitarian sphere; provides information through the media
and other public means and performs other tasks in accordance with law
and other regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 12
The Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Resources shall carry out administrative activities
and other professional tasks related to: protection and use of agricultural
land; protection of agricultural plants and products from disease, pests
and weed; production and trade of seeds and seedlings; production and
improvement of cattle raising; health protection of animals; control
of proper health protection of food products of animal origin until the
moment they are marketed, of fodder and of water the animals drink; improvement
of production in forestry, raising, protection, keeping and improvement
of forests; status of forest resources; forest exploitation; afforesting
of degraded and sprout forests, bare mountainous terrain and karst; communications
in forest; hunting and hunting industry; integral management over ambient
waters; preparation and adoption of plans and bases; water balance; implementing protection from destructive
effects of water; providing conditions for issuing permissions for taking
and usage of waters; conducting and organizing water quality control;
taking measures for providing water for water supply needs of population
and industry; hydro-melioration; functioning of Republican Hydro-Meteorological
Institute and anti-hail protection of Republika Srpska; inspection surveillance
in the field of agriculture and veterinarian science, forestry, hunting
and water industry, provides information through the media and other
public means and performs other tasks in accordance with law and other
regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 13
The Ministry of Transport
and Communications shall carry out administrative activities and other
professional tasks related to: road communications and public roads;
railway transport and railway transport security, air transport, sea,
river and lake transport and the security of sea, river and lake transport;
loading and off-loading services; communication systems; radio communications,
postal, telegraphic and telephone traffic telecommunications, telecommunications
infrastructure of the radio broadcasting system; management
of coordination policy; inspection supervision in the field of public
roads, road transport, railway transport and PTT traffic with telecommunications,
provides the information through the media and other public means and
performs other tasks in accordance with law and other regulations of
the RS and BiH.
Article 14
The Ministry of Trade and
Tourism shall carry out administrative activities and other professional
tasks related to: flow of goods and services in the country and abroad;
tourism and catering services; crafts; functioning of a unified market;
influence of the economic system and economic policy over the goods and
services market; relations between supply and demand; general tourist
information and promotion activities; supplying of the market; price
of goods and services; consumer protection; commodity reserves; private
enterprises and other private legal entities in the field of flow of
goods, tourism and catering services; independent activities and other
forms of independent entrepreneurship in all economic and other activities,
with the exception of independent entrepreneurship in activities covered
by another RS administrative body in accordance with the Law; and related
to inspection supervision in these fields, provides information through
the media and other public means in accordance with law and other regulations
of the RS and BiH.
Article 15
The Ministry for Urban
Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology shall carry out administrative
activities and other professional tasks related to: integral planning,
space planning and structuring; drawing up and implementing the Regional
Plan of the RS in accordance with the BiH space plan; revision, administrative
supervision and approval of the regional plans of towns, municipalities,
special territories and urban planning; revision of regional planning
documentation, development programs, investment and technical documentation
of special interest for Republic; urban planning and building; building
sites arrangements; manufacturing of mechanical engineering materials;
development and services in mechanical engineering area; housing building
and its financing; housing cooperatives, housing relations and gaining
property over residential buildings and social property apartments; maintenance
and management of buildings and apartments; utilities; overall protection
of the quality of the environment and its improvement through research,
planning management and protection measures; protecting assets of general
interest, natural resources, natural and cultural heritage; inspection
supervision in the field of urban planning, civil engineering, utilities
and environment protection, realizes action of cooperation with relevant
ministries and institutions of the Federation of BiH; provides information
through the media and other public means and performs other tasks in
accordance with the law and other regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 16
The Ministry of Labor and
Soldiers and Invalid Protection shall carry out administrative activities
and other professional tasks related to: working relations of employees
and their rights from that area in all sorts of working relations apart
from employees who have the status of civil servants; wages and other
incomes coming from working relation; recruitment; protection at work;
pension and invalid insurance for all types of work; temporary employment
of workers abroad in coordination with the responsible BiH Ministry;
international labor conventions; realization of rights coming from labor
relations of workers temporarily employed abroad and activities connected
to their return and employment in the country; protection of soldiers,
disabled war and peacetime veterans of liberation wars and family members
of dead and killed soldiers and disabled war and peacetime veterans;
protection of civil victims of war and civil war invalids; protection
of family members of persons on obligatory military exercises; decoration
and maintenance of monuments, monumental parks and graveyards of soldiers;
provides information through the media and other public means and performs
other tasks in accordance with the law other regulations of the RS and
BiH.
Article 17
The Ministry of Economic
Relations and Coordination performs administrative and other professional
activities related to: advancement of economic relations with
abroad; preparation and monitoring of foreign investments; coordination
of investment requests through defining, promoting and actualizing concrete
programs and projects; coordination of economic activities abroad, consignment,
basis for performing transport of goods and services with abroad, programming
and development of long-term and foreign trade exchange, preparation,
concluding and performing of international
trade and goods treaties in compliance with the Constitution of BiH;
work organization of economic missions abroad of mixed committees of
RS representatives and other bodies of business, scientific-technical
and other cooperation with abroad; business activities of subjects performing
business activities abroad; establishment and work of branch offices
of foreign companies in Republika Srpska; activities related to succession
of former SFRY and protection of interests of economic subjects from
Republika Srpska; monitoring and coordination of activities that fall
under the RS obligations concerning fulfillment of requirements for inclusion into European integration
trends, by establishment of integrated economic sphere aiming to make
BiH a valid member of European Union; coordinating activities which will
improve business environment for influx of foreign investments; promotion
of the Republika Srpska potentials abroad in cooperation with the Agency
for promotion of foreign investments in BiH; provides information through the
media and other public means and performs other tasks in accordance with
the law and other regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 18
The Ministry for Refugees
and Displaced Persons performs administrative and other expert jobs related
to: ensuring accommodation, cooperation with the Ministry for Human Rights
and Refugees of BiH, repatriation and re-socialization of refugees and
displaced persons in Republika Srpska; managing activities in relation
to the distribution of construction and other types of material; building,
reconstruction, overhauling and repair of all objects for accommodation
of displaced population, as well as allocation and direction of financial
means aimed at building, reconstruction, overhauling and repair of objects
for the accommodation needs of refugees and displaced persons in the
territory of Republika Srpska; coordination of the work with the Ministry
for Refugees of the BiH Federation and of international humanitarian
and other organizations that realize programs of re-socialization of
refugees and displaced population; protection of human rights and issues
of property of refugees and displaced persons, provides information through
the media and other public means in accordance with the law and other
regulations of the RS and BiH.
Article 19
The Ministry of Science
and Technology performs administrative and other professional activities
related to: scientific-research activities; proposes a strategy for demographic
development of the Republic and population policy measures; proposes
a strategy for technological development of the Republic; prompts the
fundamental development applicable researches; development of domestic
investment technologies, scientific-research cadre; follows innovations
and development in technological advancements; informs on issues of economic
and technologic development; conducts the cede and acquisition of material
rights and technologies in production; planning; prepares the programs
and agreements on scientific and technical cooperation in compliance
with the Constitution of BiH, performs inspection supervision in the
areas, provides information through the media and other public means
and performs other tasks in accordance with the law and other regulations
of the RS and BiH.
Article 20
Republican
administrative units are under the direct supervision of the Ministry
to which they belong. Within the competencies of supervision, ministries
may perform the following tasks in their relations with Administrative
Units:
-
provide necessary expert instructions;
-
monitor their work;
-
request report on said work;
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perform control of administrative acts;
-
assign activities and tasks from the sphere of their activities;
-
perform other supervising authorities stipulated by the law.
Ministries,
i.e. Government have the same authorizations towards Administrative Organizations.
Article 21
Republican
administrative units are as follows:
1.
Republican Administrative Unit for Geodetic and Legal-Property Issues
2.
Republican Administrative Unit for the RS Customs
3.
Tax Administration
4.
Republican Foreign Currency Inspectorate
5.
Republican Unit for Civil Defense
Article 22
The
Republican Administrative Unit for Geodetic and Legal-Property Issues
performs administrative and other professional activities related to:
survey and formation of real estates cadastre; renewal of survey and
real estate cadastre; cadastre of communal services other than works
given into competence of municipalities by the law; making maps of the
territory of the Republic; keeping technical archives of original plans
and maps, basic geodetic works and other data obtained by performing
geodetic works; inspection supervision on works of survey and real estates
cadastre, land cadastre; communal services cadastre; redistribution of
land and survey of land for special needs; legal-property and other real
legal relations on real estates; legal regime of social ownership on
immobile properties; legal-property relations on land and buildings;
evidence on real estates and rights on real estates; legal-property activities
in relation to real estates the Republic has the disposal right; re-privatization
of property and other activities in accordance with law and other regulations
of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Administrative Unit for Geodetic and Legal-Property Issues
reports to the Government of the Republika Srpska for its work.
Article 23
The
Republic Administrative Unit for the RS Customs and customs offices as
its field bodies perform activities as: customs control, custom declaration
of goods and services; control of goods the import or export of which
is specially regulated; foreign currency control in international travelers
and border transport with abroad; prevention and discovery of customs
violations and conducting first and second degree administrative and
minor offense procedure; prevention and discovery of foreign currency
violations in international travelers and border transport with abroad,
as well as processing and following statistic data on import and export
of goods; performs other activities in accordance with law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Customs Administration is within composition of the Finance
Ministry.
Article 24
The
Tax Administration shall carry out administrative and other professional
activities, as follows: inspection supervision, compulsory collection
of taxes as per the law; determines taxpayer obligations as per their
books, records and other means of proof,
including all facts on the
basis of clue pursuant to the law; requests from tax payers and other
parties to present documents and other information, which appears to
be necessary for implementation and execution of tax laws; explores facts
and collects data on possible violations and criminal offenses from the
tax administration field and submits criminal report; conducts procedure
and sentence penalties for the tax violations stipulated by law; disclose
data on identified, but non-paid tax obligations and names those tax
payers in media; suggests to the courts to undertake activities for the
implementation and application of the tax laws; passes secondary legislation
acts for interpretation and implementation of the tax laws; keeps information
on tax payers; informs the tax payers upon their request, concerning taxes,
procedures and conditions for tax payment and concerning the tax laws;
whilst performing inspection supervision, informs tax payers about their
rights and obligations; provides educational services in relation to
tax laws, to rights and duties of tax payers; provides information, including
tax secrets, which have been found whilst collecting data or which have been discovered during
collection of other information, to the law enforcement agencies, in
cases where a suspicion of a violation or criminal offense exists, and
other activities in accordance with law and other regulations of the
Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Tax Administration is within composition of the Ministry of Finance.
Article 25
The
Republican Foreign Currency Inspectorate carries out administrative and
other professional tasks, which relate to: the control of foreign exchange
in conformity with BiH Constitution and without conflict to or with the
mandate of the Central Bank of BiH as prescribed in the Law on Central
Bank of BiH (BiH OG 1/97) and foreign trade business and credit relations
with foreign countries, enterprises and banks, as well as the control
of other legal entities, independent businessman and physical persons;
submits applications to the competent prosecutor's offices and other
bodies against legal and responsible persons on account of criminal acts
and economic offences; issues decisions in administrative procedure of
first instance, carries out tasks in the procedure of complaint and implements
the carrying out of decisions; makes special information on the problems
perceived in the control, proposes removal of faults in application of the procedure;
achieves cooperation with other control inspection bodies and provides
professional help to participants in foreign exchange and foreign trade
business for the purpose of a correct application of regulations; conducts
minor offence proceedings and issues decisions of first instance against
legal and physical persons; carries out the collection of fines; carries
out the execution of valid decisions; carries out the harmonization and
balancing of funds on the basis of foreign exchange
offences, and other tasks in accordance with law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Foreign Currency Inspectorate is within the Finance Ministry.
Article
26
The Republican Unit for
Civil Defense performs administrative and other professional
tasks in the sphere of activities of civil defense, which relate to the
following:, harmonization and carrying out of agreed policy and guidelines
and ensuring implementation of the law and other regulation in the civil
defense area; preparing out the civil defense program for the Republic;
assessing the degree of endangerement in the entire territory of the
Republic; preparing elements of the defense plan of the Republic in the
field of civil defense; organizing, preparing and training civil defense
services and teams, in line with training programs and plans; organizing
and equipping civil defense teams at the RS level; choosing
and managing research projects in the civil defense area; providing professional
assistance and passing directions and instructions for work of town and
municipal civil defense bodies; conducting inspection supervision; performing
activities of removing of UXOs and de-mining; keeping prescribed records
and performing other activities in accordance with law and other regulations
of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Republican
Unit for Civil Defense is within composition of the Ministry of Administration
and Local Self-Governance.
Article 27
Republican
Administrative organizations are:
1.
Republican Institute for Statistics
2.
Republican Institute for Protection
of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage
3.
Republican Hydro Meteorological Institute
4.
Republican Institute for Geological Research
5.
Republican Institute for Prices
6.
Republican Pedagogic Institute
7.
Republican Institute for Planning
8.
Republican Institute for Standardization and Metrology
9.
Republican Secretariat for Sport and Youth
10.
Republican Secretariat for Religions
11.
Republican Secretariat for Legislation
12.
Republican Secretariat for Relationships with ICT in The Hague and Investigation
of War Crimes
13.
Archive of Republika Srpska
14.
Civil Service Agency
15.
RS Agency for Medicines
16.
Agency for Recognizing and Improvement of Quality of Health Protection in
Republika Srpska
17.
Commissioners Office for Refugees and Humanitarian Aid
18.
Republican Directorate for Commodity Reserves
19.
Republican Directorate for Roads
20.
Republican Directorate for Water
21.
Republican Directorate for Civilian Air Traffic
22.
Republican Directorate for Production and Trade of Military Equipment
23.
Republican Directorate for Reconstruction and Construction
24.
Directorate for Privatization
25.
Fund for Development and Employment of Republika Srpska
26.
Republika Srpska Habitation Fund
Article 28
The Republican Institute
for Statistics performs professional and other tasks which refer to:
statistical researches in the Republic; collection, processing, analyzing
and publishing of the statistic data and the issuing of the statistical
publications within a framework of a uniform statistic system and programs
of statistical researches, which are of interest for the Republic, chambers
of commerce and other associations; studying and improving a uniform
methodology of statistical researches; development of a statistical informative
system; organization and functioning of the statistical service and keeping
uniform registries (of population, enterprises, institutions, independent
stores, urban units, etc.) and records prescribed by the law; cooperation
with the Agency for the Statistic of the BiH and Federation of BiH and
performs other tasks. in accordance with law and other regulations of
the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Institute for Statistics is within the Ministry of Finance.
Article 29
The Republican Institute
for the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage carries
out professional and other tasks which relate to: registration, investigating
and evaluation of real property, movable things and parts of nature which
are subject to the above-mentioned protection; establishing properties
of cultural, historical and natural heritage; announcing that certain
goods are protected; keeping the central registry of the protected goods;
giving consent for expert elaborates pertaining to the carrying out of
the conservation works and restoration of protected goods and to their
adaptation and revitalization; elaboration of experts elaborates on protection
and use of goods in the process of elaboration of space and urban plans;
approvals for temporary taking out of protected goods abroad; approvals
for the archeological and other researches; conditions for the use of
protected goods; professional supervision over work of organizations
for protection; carrying out the other tasks in the field of protection
and use of the cultural, historical and natural heritage.
The
Republican Institute for Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural
Heritage is within composition of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Article 30
The
Republican Hydro-Meteorological Institute carries out professional and
other tasks which refer to: development and functioning of the hydrological,
meteorological and seismological activity; exploring of the atmosphere,
water resources, quality of air and water and seismological processes;
collection, processing and publishing of hydro-meteorological and seismological
data which are of interest for the Republic and carrying out of the other
tasks from the field of hydrology, meteorology and seismology.
The
Republican Hydro-Meteorological Institute is within the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Resources.
Article 31
The Republican Institute
for Geological Researches carries out professional and other tasks which
refer to: geological researches of natural mineral raw materials – metal,
nonmetal and nuclear ones, underground waters (thermal, thermal-mineral
and drinking waters) and their utilization; production of geological
balances; production of annual and medium-term programs of geological
researches; verification of reserves of mineral raw materials and conduct
their cadastre, conducts the cadastre of investigation and exploitation
rights and the cadastre agreed by concession, also performs other activities
in accordance with the law and other regulations of the Republika Srpska
and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Institute for Geological Researches is within the Ministry
for Economy, Energy and Development.
Article 32
The
Republican Institute for Prices carries out professional and other tasks
which refer to: functioning of the unique market; influence of the economic
system and economic policy on market of commodities and services; the
relation of offer and demand; supply of the market; prices of commodities
and services; consumer protection
and performers other activities in accordance with the law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Republican
Institute for Prices is within the Ministry of Trade and Tourism.
Article 33
The Republican Pedagogic
Institute performs expert and other tasks which relate to expert supervision
over work of the preschool institutions, elementary and secondary schools;
programs for the preschool institution activities; curriculums in elementary
and secondary schools; programs of extended or whole-day stay of pupils in
elementary school; programs of educational work in the pupils' accommodation
facilities; methodology of drafting of the annual school program; performance
of other tasks in the sphere of pedagogic service.
The
Republican Pedagogic Institute is within the Ministry of Education and
Culture.
Article 34
The Republican Institute
for Planning performs expert tasks related to: system of planning and
development of the Republic and development programs in line with the
plan; draft of the long-term and short-term prognosis on the conditions
and possibilities of economic and social development; strategy and policy
of economic and social activities' development; demographic development;
strategy and policy of regional development and system and encouragement
of quicker development of the underdeveloped industrial fields; macroeconomic
balance; measures and instruments of development; economic and social
policy; stimulation and testing of economic policy measures; monitoring
realization of the Republic development plans and effect of the measures
of current economic policy; drafting economic and financial analyses
on problems of development and running the business of certain economic
and social activities and enterprises; establishment and development
of the table of mutual relations between cities in the Republic, and
with other areas in the country and abroad; publishing documents from
the scope of the activity, as well as performing other tasks in accordance with law
and other regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Institute for Planning is within the Ministry for Economy,
Energy and Mining.
Article 35
The
Republican Institute for Standardization and Metrology performs professional
tasks related to: distributes and sells standards of Republika Srpska
(SRS standards), takes part in production, adoption and sale of BiH standards
(BAS standards), as well as in overtaking, interpreting and selling of
foreign standards, establishes and maintains the standards' database
of SRS, BAS, YUS and other foreign standards; provides assistance in
production of other standards and technical regulations; takes part in
proposing members of the BiH Council for Standardization and establishment
of technical commissions, committees and working bodies in the field
of standardization in RS and BiH; provides assistance in production of
branch and internal standards; provides information from the area of
standardization; works on the publicity activities and educates interested
parties on standardization, and performs surveillance over implementation
of the Law on Standardization; adopts regulations on verification of
measures, conducts verification
of measures; ensures following up of the etalons and referent materials;
takes part in realization, keeping, usage and maintenance of the etalons,
referent materials and measures; takes part in establishment of the RS
expert metrological bodies, and proposes members for the BiH Metrology
Council; works with the BiH Institute for Metrology; participates in
the activities of appointment of legal entities for verification of the
measures; provides information from the field of metrology; approves
regulations in the field of control of products made of precious materials; works
with the BiH Institute for Metrology; participates in building, development
and maintenance of the RS and BiH accreditation system, in the RS and
BiH system for evaluating the harmonization and in system of protection
of intellectual property; protection of industrial property, copyright
and related rights in accordance with the European model and keeps register
of accredited or appointed organizations in the Republika Srpska territory;
and performs other activities in accordance with law and other regulations
of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Institute for Standardization and Metrology is within the
composition of the Ministry for Economy, Energy and Development.
Article 36
The Republican Secretariat
for Sport and Youth carries out professional and other tasks which refer
to: creating conditions for development of sport at the level of the
Republic and its regulation; defining a development strategy in the Republika
Srpska and monitoring of the implementation of the strategic and programmatic
tasks; realization of international cooperation independently or through
the BiH common institutions in accordance
with the BiH Constitution; production of short-term and long-term plans
(Olympics Cycle) for development of sport in the Republic and programs
for development of sport, and collection of means for their realization
accordingly, specification of criteria for their allocation and monitoring
of specified-purpose spending of those means; creation of conditions
for privatization in sport and performing the activities of privatization
fund in the sport field; creation of conditions for improvement of professional
work; establish conditions
of sports premises and needs for new premises; creating conditions for
use of sports premises and sports grounds; registration of sports organizations
and of the other organizations in sport; collection and processing of statistical data,
and conducting information on sport generally; coordinating the work
of branch sports associations of the Republic, city and municipality
as well as competent authorities; supervision over the work of sports
organisations and other organisations in the field of sport. The Republican
Secretariat for Sport and Youth establishes a National Action Plan, establishes
a policy for youth in the Republic
and takes care of its implementation; establishes National Action Plan
and coordinates its realization; creates conditions for resolving the
youth issues – recruitment of youth, upgrading their social status, inclusion
into society, realizes youths projects; collaborates with youths organizations;
and performs other activities in accordance with law and other regulations
of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Secretariat for Sport and Youth is within the Ministry of
Education and Culture.
Article 37
The
Republican Secretariat for Religions performs professional and other
activities related to: realization of relations and cooperation with
the Serb Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Islamic Community,Jewish
municipalities and other religious communities in the Republic and their
legal position in society; assistance building and renewal of religious
facilities, items which have cultural and historical value and belong
to churches and religious communities in the Republic, as well as the
other activities stipulated by law and different regulations of the Republika
Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Republican Secretariat
for Religions is within the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Article 38
The
Republican Secretariat for Legislation performs professional tasks related
to: establishment, monitoring and upgrading of the legal system; providing
harmonization of regulations and general acts within the legal system,
over the process of their production, and taking care of their normative-technical
and linguistic validity; supervision and taking care of announcements
of the regulations and other acts of the Government, ministries and other
bodies and organizations for which such a supervision have been approved,
as well as other tasks determined by law.
The Republican Secretariat
for Legislation prepares regulations applying to: election for the
Republican bodies, state insignia, direct self-declaring of the citizens,
official use of language and alphabet, organization and method of the
Government's functioning, as well as other tasks which do not belong
to the sphere of Ministries' activities.
The
Republican Secretariat for Legislation reports to the RS Government.
Article 39
The
Republican Secretariat for Relationships with ICT in The Hague and Investigation
of War Crimes conducts the following expert and other activities:
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facilitates the cooperation of RS authorities with the ICTY according to
and as stipulated by article II 8 of the Constitution of BiH as well as the
Statute of the Tribunal;
-
coordinates and supports the activities of holders of cooperation, which
are stipulated by the Law on Cooperation of RS with the ICT in The Hague
-
proposes to the RS Government adoption of acts allied with cooperation with
the ICT in The Hague, particularly those that are necessary for the improvement
of the cooperation with the Tribunal;
-
establishes professional committees dealing with examination of war conflicts
on the area of former Republic of BiH; organizes the collection of data and
collects data regarding crimes committed against humanity and international
law by all parties to the conflict; supplies the authorized bodies with the
collected data, in order to pursue the perpetrators of crimes against humanity
and international law; archives and maintains collected documentation, performs
other activities relevant to achievement of the objective of collection of
data on committing the crimes against humanity and international law; coordinates
all activities allied with investigation of the facts about imprisoned and
missing individuals; collects and systematizes all information which facilitates
the resolution of the destiny of imprisoned and missing individuals; analyses
and verifies the correctness of the information, obtained from the other
services and individuals, directly in the field; manages records of all missing
individuals of the passed war conflict from 1991-1995
All
activities of the Secretariat must be carried out in full conformity
with the Constitution of BiH.
The
Republican Secretariat for Relationships with ICT in Hague and Investigation
of War Crimes reports to the Government of Republika Srpska for its work.
Article 40
The Archive of Republika
Srpska carries out professional and other tasks, which relate to: professional
supervision over keeping and protection of the registrar's office material
and archives material and over selection of the archive material from
the register's office material; keeping records on holders of the registrar's
office material and archives material; keeping books of input inventory
and inventory for particular funds and collections; technical and technological
measures of protection of archives material; elaboration of scientific-informative
means on archive materials; issuing of certificates and other documents
on the facts which are contained in archives material; original tasks
of the archives activity; professional supervision over work of the archives;
scientific-investigation work from the field of the archives activity
and publishing the results of that work; keeping of records on archives;
elaboration of methodical instructions and standards for professional
tasks of archives; putting of the archives material which is of special
importance for the Republic on microfilm, for the purpose of protection
of the RS, in case of war or immediate war danger; taking over, keeping,
processing and protection of films and film materials which is of historical,
artistic, cultural and scientific importance; carrying out of other registration
tasks and tasks of the archives activity which are of special importance
for the RS; responsible for keeping public records and archive heritage,
and provides public accessibility to that heritage.
The
Archive of Republika Srpska is within the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Article 41
The
Civil Service Agency is an independent and autonomous expert body, which
provides administration for the process of recruitment of civil servants;
supports civil service bodies in accomplishment of personnel policies
and performs the other activities accorded with the Law on Administrative
Service in the RS Administration.
In particular, the Agency
shall have leading responsibility for promotion and maintenance of national
equality in the selection of civil servants. The Agency performs administrative
and other professional tasks related to: establishment of unified rules
and procedures for recruitment, appointment and selection of civil servants;
preparing and supporting a Code of Conduct for civil servants; planning
for and recruiting civil servants upon the request of the Civil Service
bodies; preparation of way and program for the entrance examination of
candidates for the Civil Service; advertise the vacancies, establish
the character and content of the open competition and conduct the procedure
for the open competition of the candidates for Civil Service in compliance
with the law; monitor and encourage administrative inspectors to perform
supervision of a Civil Service body; prepare and keep a Central Personnel
Register; prepare and conduct a Program for Training and Advancement
of Civil Servants; establish and promote the highest standards, rules
and procedures in management of civil service bodies, including provision
of advice in preparation of Rules of Procedure on Internal Organization
and Systematization in all Republican Administrative bodies; submit to
the Government an Annual Report on Work and plan for the following year;
respond to requests of the highest legislative and executive bodies and
performs other activities in compliance with law and other regulations
of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Civil Service Agency reports to the Government of Republika Srpska.
Article 42
The RS Agency for Medicines
performs administrative and other expert tasks related to: issue of permission
for placing medicines and medical instruments on the market – registration
by issue of the Register of Medicines; issuing permissions for production,
transport, research and control of medicines and medical instruments;
conducts inspection supervision for medicines; agreeing to effecting
of clinical researches; issue permissions for import and export of medicines
and medical instruments; issue certificates for products for international
trade; informing medical workers and public on medicines: organization,
monitoring and registration of harmful effects of the medicines and medical
instruments and the other activities from the sphere of activities of
pharmaceutics, which shall be determined by the Minister.
The
RS Agency for Medicines is within the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
Article 43
The Agency for Recognizing
and Improving the Quality of Health Protection in the Republika Srpska
carries out professional and other activities related to: recognition
of the health institution; issuing accredits; development of the accrediting
system. In accordance with international standards and practice; appointing
the Committee for Accrediting; evaluation of the level of accord and
giving out information on accrediting and standards; managing records
of the accredited health services; promotion of the position and role
of the accrediting in the system of improvement of quality of health
protection; organizing education in the sphere of accrediting; organizing
seminars from the sphere of accrediting and improvement of quality of
health protection; supervision of the accredited health institutions;
following the effects of accrediting and proposing measures and standards
for improvement of the quality of health protection, also performs other
activities in accordance with law and other regulations of the Republika
Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The
Agency for Recognizing and Improving the Quality of Health Protection
in Republika Srpska is within the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
Article 44
The Commissariat Office
for Refugees and Humanitarian Aid performs professional and other tasks
related to: urgent humanitarian interventions and care about existing
accommodation centers and participates in their disbandment; takes care
of refugees and displaced abandoned persons in collective centers; repatriation
tasks. The Commessariat coordinates tasks and maintains the register
of international and domestic organizations in the field of humanitarian
activities and renders help to endangered inhabitants; keeps the records
and harmonizes micro distribution of humanitarian aid, performs secondary
distribution of the humanitarian aid; performs control of inflow of commodities
via border crossings and inspects them; collects and keeps in stock commodities
for urgent humanitarian interventions in the cases of elementary and
other disasters, for imperiled citizens; provides necessary equipment
and means for quick and effective action; trains and equips teams for
pressing actions for rendering help and performs other tasks in accordance with law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Commissariat Office for Refugees and Humanitarian Aid is within the Ministry
for Refugees and Displaced Persons.
Article 45
The Republican Directorate
for Commodity Reserves performs professional and other activities related
to: education, distribution, purchase, preservation and use of the Republican
commodity reserves; undertaking measures for intervention in the market;
programming and undertaking measures for construction of warehouses for
accommodation and maintenance of the Republican
commodity reserves and cooperation with municipal and enterprises bodies
for commodity reserves, and performs other tasks as per law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Directorate for Commodity Reserves is part of the Ministry
of Trade and Tourism.
Article 46
The
Republican Directorate for Roads proposes long-term, medium-term and
annual plans and programs of construction, reconstruction, maintenance
and protection of the roads; implements finance policy, policy of construction,
reconstruction, maintenance and road protection; provides means for the
realization of plans and programs and establishes the way of its use;
the realization of measures and activities for improvement of traffic
security on the roads; proposes the annual program and financial plan
of the Directorate; performs administrative and other professional tasks
from the sphere of roads, as determined by the Minister.
The
Republican Directorate for Roads is within the composition of the Ministry
of Transport and Communications.
Article 47
The
Republican Directorate for Waters proposes long-term and medium-term
plans and programs of the development of water resources, and annual
development program; implements policy of financing the water resources
management; takes care of providing necessary means and establishes the
way of their use; monitors realization of the plans and programs of the
water resources management and controls use of funds with a specific
purpose; proposes the height of the rate of contribution and of special
water resources fees, organizes the work and functioning
of water management in the regional and river catchments as well as the
operations of the offices of the water management of cachtments, proposes
the criteria and scales for distribution and direction of funds, proposes
the annual program of work and the financial plan of the Directorate
and performs other tasks in accordance with law and other
regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Republican Directorate for Waters is within the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Resources.
Article 48
The
Republican Directorate for Civilian Air Traffic performs tasks in relation
to safety of air traffic in air space of the Republika Srpska, which
refers to airports, aircrafts; issues an aviation license for expert
staff, which secures air traffic, public air transport and performs administrative
and other expert tasks as well as other tasks in the field of air traffic
in accordance with the BiH Constitution The Republican Directorate for
Civilian Air Traffic is part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Article 49
The
Republican Directorate for Production and Trade of Armament and Military
Equipment performs in accordance with BiH Constitution and other BiH
legislation the following tasks and assignments: preparation and drafting
of regulations in the field of production and trade of arms and military
equipment; organizing, arranging, financing and following production
of arms and military equipment; trade
in and acquisition of armament and military equipment; development, research
and modification of armament and military equipment; testing and quality
control of the products and armament, ammunition and military equipment;
organizing, arranging, financing and following the overhaul of arms,
means and military equipment; organizing production and acquisition of
spare parts for performing the overhaul of arms and other military equipment;
organizing and directing the work of enterprises and other legal entities
which perform service for the Army; performs inspection supervision over
issues from its sphere of activities and maintains cooperation with the
HQ and Army commands concerning issues from their sphere of activities.
The Republican Directorate
for Production and Trade of Armament and Military Equipment is part of
the Ministry of Defense.
Article
50
The Republican Directorate
for Reconstruction and Construction performs expert surveying of housing
space; drawing plans for housing objects; material and financial balancing
of the war damage inflicted on housing space; manages received construction
and other materials as well as financial means meant for the revitalization
of housing space; repairs, rebuilding, reconstruction and building of
housing space; makes expert studies and information within its sphere
of activities; manages and coordinates tasks and activities on reconstruction
and building housing space for the needs of refugees and displaced persons
in the Republika Srpska.
The Republican Directorate
for Reconstruction and Construction is within the Ministry for Urban
Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology.
Article 51
The Directorate for Privatization
performs the following activities: launches initiatives and takes part
in the preparation of laws and other regulations which govern the privatization
procedure; keeps records on the privatization procedure; submits a report
on its work to the RS Government; performs other activities related to
privatization in accordance with law and other regulations of the Republika
Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Directorate for Privatization is an independent organization, whose work
and competencies are determined by the RS Government. The Directorate
reports to the RS Government.
Article 52
The RS Fund for Development
and Employment performs activities and tasks related to: implementation
of the projects supported by the World Bank and other international and
domestic institutions which are assigned by the RS Government to the
Fund for management; on-going control of achievements in the project
implementation, cooperation with domestic and foreign government and
non-government organizations on the projects implementation; regular
reporting to the RS Government and the World Bank on achievements in
the project implementation; information, training of workers, technology
transfer, advisory activity and performs other tasks in accordance with
law and other regulations of the Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The RS Fund for Development and Employment reports to the RS Government
for its operation.
Article 53
The Republika Srpska Habitation
Fund collects and distributes financial means for habitation needs of
citizens, and that are: means realized from privatization of state-owned
apartments, business facilities and garages; means realized from lease
for the apartments, business facilities and garages owned by the RS;
places collected means in compliance with the rules and criteria determined
by the law and acts of the Fund; manages financial resources and provides
financial intervention in dealing with the banks; integrates financial
resources for realization of the project of construction of residential
settlements and buildings; collects the placed resources and
interest rate according to the Funds' conditions; finances investment
maintenance of non-repurchased apartments; controls users of the Fund
resources and performs other activities in accordance with law and other regulations of the
Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Republika Srpska Habitation
Fund reports to the Government of the Republika Srpska for its work.
Article 54
Mutual
relations between civil service bodies from different fields of competencies
are based on mutual cooperation on issues of common interest.
Civil
Service bodies have a duty to provide one other notifications, information
and data. Ministries may establish common working bodies, joint committees
and services, and organize professional consultancies.
Article 55