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Once the law takes effect, it urges residents to actively record the violations themselves and provide evidence to the police that officers should not go to the scene.
“Due to this function, we will not create specialized police capabilities, we will react in a general way. I certainly do not promise that we will respond to such reports as a matter of priority, but we also appeal to callers, who will call the police. The legal environment that is being created forces the resident to be active, that is, to register this violation, ”R. Požėla told LRT radio on Friday.
“The police may not even have to go to the scene; if we get evidence of the violation, we can erase the violation remotely and bring the person to administrative responsibility,” he added.
Interior Minister Rita Tamašunienė said Thursday that housing associations, homeowners and officials should deal with enforcement of the bans as a last resort.
On Thursday, the Seimas approved amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, which prohibits smoking on the balconies, terraces and loggias of apartment buildings if at least one resident of the house objects to smoking. Smoking is also prohibited in outdoor cafes, common partially owned premises, covered public transport stops, playgrounds, with the exception of smoking areas.
By law, apartment residents must in any case ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter the premises of a neighbor.
The owner of the premises is obliged to provide the official with the data (name, surname and residence address) of the person who smoked on the balcony, terrace, loggia of the apartment or room. If he refused to do so, the owner would face a fine.
President Gitanas Nausėda has not yet made a decision on the ban adopted by the Seimas.
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