LAW ON THE RESTORATION OF CULTURALHISTORICAL HERITAGE AND STIMULATION
OF DEVELOPMENT IN SREMSKI KARLOVCI
(Official Gazette of Republic of Serbia No. 37/91, 53/93 – other law, 67/93 – other law, 48/94 –
other law, 101/05 – other law)
I. BASIC REGULATIONS
Article 1
This law determines the general conditions for the renewal of cultural-historical heritage and
stimulation of development on the territory of the community of Sremski Karlovci (In further
text: Sremski Karlovci)
Article 2
This law refers to the restoration of cultural-historical heritage as sanitation, conservation,
renovation, revitalization and presentation of cultural-historical heritage.
Article 3
Restoration of cultural-historical heritage and stimulation of the development of Sremski
Karlovci is performed through the programme of renewal of cultural-historical heritage and
stimulation of development of Sremski Karlovci (In further text: programme of restoration and
development).
Article 4
(1) The programme of restoration and development is enacted by the National parliament of
Republic of Serbia.
(2) The proposition of the programme of restoration and development is determined by the
Government of the Republic of Serbia, on the proposition of the Committee for Restoration and
Development of Sremski Karlovci.
(3) The Committee for Restoration and Development of Sremski Karlovci is preparing the
proposition of the programme of restoration and development in association with the Republic’s
Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments.
Article 5
The Committee for Restoration and Development of Sremski Karlovci ws founded for tracking
the progress of the programme of restoration of cultural-historical heritage and to stimulate the
development of Sremski Karlovci.(In further text: The committee)
II. RESTORATION OF CULTURAL-HISTORICAL
HERITAGE AND STIMULATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF
SREMSKI KARLOVCI.
Article 6
The cultural-historical heritage in Sremski Karlovci which was declared as a cultural monument,
will be restored.
Article 7
Owners, the wielders of the rights, obligations and responsibilities of use, management and
disposition of the immovable monuments in Sremski Karlovci will submit a claim for gaining
permission for restoration of the cultural monuments.
Article 8
(1) A spatial plan with a special purpose, in accordance with the law, shall be made for the area
of the cultural-historical complex of Sremski Karlovci.
(2) Achievable activities will be determined by the spatial plan from paragraph 1: activities
which will enable the restoration and maintenance of the tradition of cultural-historical heritage
of Sremski Karlovci and will not undermine the authenticity of the urban architecture, artistic
and aesthetic and ambient qualities of monuments, or other ecological values.
III. RESOURCES FOR THE RESTORATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF SREMSKI KARLOVCI
Article 9
(1) It is in the general interest for the restoration of cultural-historical heritage and stimulation of
development of Sremski Karlovci to remedy, restore, conserve, revitalize and present the objects
constructed before this law is put into effect.
(2) The resources for taking the measures from paragraph 1. of this article are provided in the
budget of Republic of Serbia.
(3) The resources for aiding the programme with communal services, PTT services and traffic /
railway-transport services are provided in the budget of the community of Sremski Karlovci.
(4) Resources for the restoration and development of Sremski Karlovci can be provided through:
voluntary resources, reprisal for the usage if the symbol of Sremski Karlovci, testaments,
legacies, gifts and other sources.
Article 10
(1) Institutions, enterprises and citizens can, along with a reprisal, produce and put into
circulation souvenir badges, stickers or other such items displaying the crest or symbol of
Sremski Karlovci, or a recognizable part of that monumental whole (individual objects from that
group).
(2) The value of the reprisal from the paragraph 1. of this article, means of payment and
supervision of the production and putting the products from paragraph 1. into circulation, will be
determined by the community of Sremski Karlovci.
IV. COMMITTEE FOR THE RESTORATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF SREMSKI KARLOVCI
Article 11
(1) The Committee has a president and 14 members.
(2) The National parliament of Republic of Serbia will choose the president and members from
cultural, public and economic workers.
(3) The President and members of the Committee are elected every four years, and after their
mandate is over, can be reelected.
Article 12
(1) The Committee provides the conditions for restoration and development of Sremski Karlovci,
and so, prepares the programme of restoration and development of Sremski Karlovci, tracks it’s
progress and the condition of the cultural-historical heritage of Sremski Karlovci.
(2) The Committee determines the dynamics of the progress of the programme, the contractors
and proposes the layout of resources supplied in the budget of the Republic of Serbia and the
community of Sremski Karlovci for the realization of individual tasks and assignments.
Article 13
(1) The Committee makes a schedule of its work.
(2) The Committee submits an annual work report and a report about the programme’s progress
and plans for the restoration and development of Sremski Karlovci.
Article 14
(1) Professional and administrative jobs for the Committee are performed by the community of
Sremski Karlovci.
(2) Supervision of the lawfulness of the Committee, as well as supervision of resources for
restoration of cultural-historical heritage and stimulation of development of Sremski Karlovci is
performed by the Ministry of Culture.
V. PENALTY CLAUSES
Article 15
(1) A fine of up to 100.000 RSD will be given to the institution, or enterprise which doesn’t pay
the reprisal for using the crest, sign, or any recognizable symbols of Sremski Karlovci on the
items which are produced and put into sale, to the community of Sremski Karlovci (Article 10.).
(2) The responsible person in the institution/enterprise will be fined up to 50.000 RSD for the
violation from paragraph 1.
(3) Material assets obtained through the offense form paragraph 1. will be confiscated.
Article 16
(1) A fine of up to 50,000 dinars shall be imposed on a citizen, if s/he uses the emblem, insignia
or distinctive symbols of Sremski Karlovci on the products s/he produces and puts on the market
without paying a fee to the municipality of Sremski Karlovci (Article 10).
(2) Material assets obtained through the offense from paragraph 1. will be confiscated.
VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 17
This law will be put into effect eight days after it was published in the “Official Gazette of
Republic of Serbia”, and it will be in effect as of January the 1st, 1992.