National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia

National Assembly Working Bodies can be PERMANENT and TEMPORARY.

• consider bills and other documents submitted to the National Assembly,
• review the policies pursued by the Government,
• supervise the Government's and other state authorities' execution of laws and other general acts, and
• consider other matters falling within the competence of the National Assembly.

Within its competences, a Committee follows the work of the Government and other bodies and authorities the work of which is supervised by the National Assembly in accordance with the Constitution and the Law. The Committee considers the reports of the bodies, organisations and authorities submitted to the National Assembly under the Law. The composition, purview and manner of operation of the committees is regulated by articles 46 through 67 of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure www.poslovnik.rs

The Committee may establish a SUBCOMMITTEE for the purpose of considering certain matters within its purview and the preparation of proposals on said matters, and the Committee Chairperson may establish a special WORKING GROUP. The subcommittee and task group do perform tasks for the needs of the Committee and may not act independently unless decided otherwise by the competent Committee.

The Committee may organise PUBLIC HEARINGS for the purpose of gathering information i.e. expert opinions on a bill in assembly procedure, clarification of some provisions of a bill or operative law, clarification of issues important for the drafting of a bill or any other issue within the Committee’s competence and supervision of the implementation and execution of a law i.e. performance of the National Assembly’s control function.

A temporary working body may be established to analyse the situation in a particular area and determine the facts of certain occurrences and events. The composition and task of a temporary working body are established by a National Assembly decision.

1. Constitutional Issues Committee,
2. Legislative Committee,
3. Committee on Defense and Security,
4. Foreign Affairs Committee,
5. Justice and Administration Committee,
6. Committee on Inter-Ethnic Relations,
   Sub-Committee on issues concerning the improvement of the position of Roma and implementation of the Decade of Roma,
   
7. Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia,
   Sub-Committee for Status Issues of the Diaspora,
   Sub-Committee for Economic Issues of the Diaspora,
   Sub-Committee for Educational and Scientific cooperation of the motherland and the Diaspora,
   Sub-Committee for Cultural and Sporting cooperation of the motherland and the Diaspora,
   Task Group for the Drafting of the Bill on the Serbian Immigrant Society,
8. Committee on Development and International Economic Relations,
9. Finance Committee,
10. Industry Committee,
11. Committee on Transportation and Communications,
12. Committee on Urban Planning and Construction,
13. Agriculture Committee,
14. Committee on Trade and Tourism,
15. Privatisation Committee,
16. Committee on Kosovo- Metohija,
17. Committee on Health and the Family,
18. Environmental Protection Committee,
19. Education Committee,
20. Youth and Sports Committee,
21. Culture and Information Committee,
22. Committee on Science and Technological Development,
23. Committee on Labour, Ex-Servicemen's and Social Issues,
24. Committee on Petitions and Proposals,
25. Economic Reforms Committee,*
26. European Integrations Committee,
27. Poverty Reduction Committee, Children’s Rights Working Group,
28. Gender Equality Committee,
29. Local Self-Government Committee, and
30. Administrative Committee.

The provisions of articles 43 through 73 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of RS, No.14/09 – refined text) pertaining to the competencies of the committees are in effect until the National Assembly is constituted in a new convocation.

The activities of the National Assembly’s working bodies in 2009 can be found in the Report on the activities of the working bodies in 2009 available on the National Assembly’s website under ACTS – Reports.