Bosnia and Herzegovina declared sovereignty in October 1991 and independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks and Croats reduced the number of warring factions from three to two by signing an agreement creating a joint Bosniak-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that ended three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
The Dayton Peace Accords retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's international boundaries and created a multiethnic and democratic government charged with conducting foreign, diplomatic, and fiscal policy. Also recognized was a second tier of government composed of two entities roughly equal in size: the predominantly Bosniak-Bosnian Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the predominantly Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation and RS governments are responsible for overseeing most government functions. Additionally, the Dayton Accords established the Office of the High Representative to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement. The Peace Implementation Council at its conference in Bonn in 1997 also gave the High Representative the authority to impose legislation and remove officials, the so-called "Bonn Powers." An original NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops assembled in 1995 was succeeded over time by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR). In 2004, European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR. Currently, EUFOR deploys around 600 troops in theater in a security assistance and training capacity.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a parliamentary republic.
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Displaying 21 - 25 of 46Law amending the Law on concessions (Tuzla Canton).
This Law cancels important provisions part of the Law on concessions of the Tuzla Canton (Official Gazette 50/2004, 7/2005 and 6/2011).Provisions regarding the concessions grating the use of wind power for commercial purposes, and use of solar energy for commercial purposes (article 3, points 16 and 17) are cancelled.
Amends: Law on concessions (Tuzla Canton). (2004-03-30)
Law amending the Law on concessions (Tuzla Canton).
This Law adds certain provisions to the Law on concessions of the Tuzla Canton (Official Gazette 50/2004).New provisions are regarding the administrative issues and administrative forms of the Commission for Concessions.
Amends: Law on concessions (Tuzla Canton). (2004-03-30)
Regulation on methods for establishing and maintaining the real estate cadastre of the Republic of Srpska.
This Regulation provides various rules and provisions all aimed to define the concrete establishment and maintenance of the real estate cadastre (on the territory of the Republic of Srpska, autonomous district of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).The provided provisions are also established in order to define the procedure of public display of data on immovable property, including the related property rights.The Annex is an integral part of this Regulation.
Implements: Law on state survey and cadastre. (2003)
Regulation on methods for establishing and maintaining of the pipeline cadastre.
This Regulation prescribes the necessary methods, in terms of technical rules and requirements, cadastre and survey issues, all regarding the underground and surface pipelines, used for the following: water supply/flow; sewerage and waste waters; thermal waters flow; electro-energy transmission; telecommunications; oil supply/transit/flow; gas supply/transit/flow; and common water sector facilities (on the territory of the Republic of Srpska, autonomous district of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).The Annex is an integral part of this Regulation.
Regulation on digital geodetic plan.
This Regulation defines the issues, contents and concrete scopes, rules and requirements, technical and other norms necessary for the correct functioning of the digital geodetic plan (complete digital state survey of land parcels), as well as maintenance and public informing principles.
Implements: Law on state survey and cadastre. (2003)