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On Thursday, the Seimas blessed the amendments that prohibit smoking on the balconies, terraces and loggias of apartment buildings when at least one resident of the house objects to smoking.
Likewise, starting next year, smoking will be prohibited at public transport stops, playgrounds and outdoor cafes, restaurants, and table bars, except in smoking areas.
Smoking will also be prohibited during outdoor sports competitions or other outdoor events, except in smoking areas.
He explained when the police would intervene
According to the Minister of the Interior, R. Tamašunienė, the long-coordinated bill was finally harmonized so that police officers only intervened in extreme cases.
“In the first stage, the housing association itself will grant a smoking permit or not. These are home community solutions. There will be communities of origin where it will be possible to smoke, I hope. Perhaps where it is prohibited if a person abuses, the administrator of the home must respond to a statement that the person is not following the established rules.
Then there are still municipal departments of public order. And only in extreme cases will the officials intervene ”, said the minister in the Seimas.
R. Tamašunienė admits that the force of the police officers is too small to be able to respond to any violation related to smoking.
“For the functions of the officers, which increase day by day, we do not have as much power to distract. The main functions to be performed by our officials must be additionally loaded with new ones… ”said the Minister.
You will have to make sure that the smoke does not reach the neighbors
In accordance with the modifications adopted, the procedure for the implementation of this provision shall be established by the Government or an institution authorized by it. The manager of the common use objects of the apartment building, the association of the apartment building or the municipal executive body will be responsible for the installation of informative posters on the prohibition of smoking on the balconies, terraces and loggias of the apartment building.
The law stipulates that the owner of a building or apartment or another natural person who uses a property and smokes in it must ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter the premises of another owner and the premises of the same apartment.
At the request of the official with the right to conduct an investigation of administrative infringement, the owner of the apartment or premises or the holder of other property rights shall provide this official with the name (name and address of the person who smoked on the balcony, terrace, lodge).
The owner of the apartment or premises or the holder of other property rights, who has not indicated the data of the person who smoked on the balcony, terrace, loggia of the apartment or premises, will respond in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses.
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