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In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Article XI of the
Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 10
December 1997, I hereby take the following
DECISION
According to Chapter I, Article 6(1) of the Constitution of the Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina providing that " The official languages of the
Federation shall be the Bosniac and Croat language. The script shall be
the Latin alphabet...". Each Canton is, therefore, required to respect
this constitutional provision in all its official actions, including the
use of its seal.
It follows that, in the case of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton,
- all organs of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, which are entitled by the
Law on the Seal of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton to use a seal, shall
have a single official seal as described in this Decision;
- the seal shall have the shape of a circle and contain the following
text:
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina-
Herzegovina Neretva Canton, written on the outer edge of the seal in a
concentric circle in the Bosniac and Croat language in such a way that the
text is written in letters smaller than the letters in the inner circle of
the seal, in which the title and the seat of the organ are written, as
designed in the model seal attached to this Decision;
- all provisions of the Law on Seal of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
shall continue to apply to the extent that they are not inconsistent with
this Decision.
This Decision enters into force with immediate effect, and it shall be
published in the Official Gazette of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
without delay.
6 July 1999
Carlos Westendorp
High Representative
Sarajevo
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