Annex To The Dayton Agreement On Implementing The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
Agreed Principles for the Interim Statute for the City of Mostar
- The legal and functional unity of the City of Mostar shall be preserved.
- The territory of the City of Mostar shall comprise the whole area of the municipality of Mostar as it existed on 1 January 1991.
- The City of Mostar shall be composed of six separate City-Municipalities. The boundaries of these City-Municipalities shall be defined in the Interim Statute for the City of Mostar.
- The City-Municipalities shall have all those responsibilities that are not explicitly assigned to the City of Mostar in the Interim Statute.
- The responsibilities of the City of Mostar shall include:
- Finance and Tax Policies if not otherwise regulated by Federation or cantonal legislation
- Urban Planning
- Infrastructure (Water, Electricity)
- Economic Policy if not otherwise regulated by Federation or cantonal legislation
- Public Transportation, including Railroad
- Mostar Airport
Additional responsibilities may be delegated to the City of Mostar by the City-Municipalities.
- All other local responsibilities are in the competence of the City-Municipalities.
- The City of Mostar shall be governed by a City Council. The six City-Municipalities shall be governed by City-Municipal Councils.
- The City Council shall be composed of 48 members, of which 16 seats shall be reserved for representatives of the Croatian community, 16 seats for representatives of the Bosniac community and 16 seats for others. Of the 16 seats for others, 11 seats shall remain vacant for an interim period.
Each City-Municipality shall elect four members to the City Council. The remaining members of the City Council shall be elected on a city-wide list.
- Each City-Municipal Council shall be composed of 25 members., The composition of the City-Municipal Councils shall reflect the composition of the population of the respective City-Municipality according to the 1991 census.
- The members of the City Council and the City-Municipal Councils shall be elected in direct and free elections.
- The City Council and the City-Municipal Councils shall elect their executive officers.
- Any person age eighteen or older who is identified in the 1991 census as a permanent resident of the municipality of Mostar and who still has his or her permanent residence in the City of Mostar at the time of the elections shall be eligible to vote for and be elected to the City Council and the City-Municipal Councils.
Signed at Dayton, Ohio on this 10th Day of November 1995, in the English, Bosnian, and Croatian languages, each text being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
| Mijo Brajkovic | Hans Koschnick | Safet Orucevic |
| Mayor of West Mostar | EU Administrator | Mayor of East Mostar |
Witnessed by:
| Muhamed Sacirbey | Gojko Susak |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Minister of Defense of the Republic of Croatia |
| Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger Federal Republic of Germany | Ambassador Fernandez de la Pena Spanish EU Presidency |