A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Bosnia and Herzegovina guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Brčko District Basic Court — jurisdiction
Explains the Basic Court’s territorial and subject-matter role, with exceptions for matters within state-court competence.
Open the legal source ↗Competition Council — jurisdiction and competition framework
Explains state-level competition jurisdiction and the law’s application to market participants, including relevant public bodies.
Open the legal source ↗Constitutional Court — Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Provides the state constitutional framework for institutions, competences and rights; particular remedies require procedural and admissibility analysis.
Open the legal source ↗Customs Policy Law — Indirect Taxation Authority text
Provides national customs rules; current implementing measures, product classification and preferential treatment must be checked for the shipment.
Open the legal source ↗Federation Banking Agency — bank legislation
Lists the Federation banking framework and amendments; licensing and operation elsewhere require the relevant additional territorial analysis.
Open the legal source ↗FIPA — state and entity legislation collection
Collects state and entity company, investment, tax, registration and labour laws, making their different territorial scopes explicit.
Open the legal source ↗Indirect Taxation Authority — VAT
Provides state-level VAT administration materials; direct taxes and other charges require separate entity or district analysis.
Open the legal source ↗Institute for Intellectual Property — laws and regulations
Collects national copyright, industrial-property and related instruments; ownership and enforcement require the relevant right and territorial analysis.
Open the legal source ↗Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina — laws
Provides the state agency’s legal basis; entity insurance supervision and individual policy rights remain separate questions.
Open the legal source ↗Law on Courts in the Federation — judicial portal text
Sets the Federation court structure and functions, including designated registration courts; it does not describe every entity or Brčko court.
Open the legal source ↗Law on Personal Data Protection 2025 — agency text
Provides the state-level 2025 personal-data framework and the agency’s responsibilities; application and implementing measures require current checking.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — legal-regulations library
Provides national justice legislation and identifies the Official Gazette as the source of official versions; entity and district rules may also apply.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Security — information for foreigners
Explains foreign-national procedures and supporting-document requirements, including court-certified translations and the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs.
Open the legal source ↗Public Procurement Agency — responsibility and jurisdiction
Explains the state procurement agency’s functions and framework; tender challenges and contract remedies require the applicable procedure.
Open the legal source ↗Republika Srpska Banking Law — regulator translation
Regulates banks under the Republika Srpska Banking Agency and addresses organisational units; compare the translation with operative amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Republika Srpska energy regulator — laws
Lists energy and electricity legislation, including 2026 amendments; the source concerns Republika Srpska rather than the entire country.
Open the legal source ↗Republika Srpska Insurance Agency — insurance legislation
Lists Republika Srpska insurance-company and intermediary rules and amendments; it should not be applied as a country-wide statute.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
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