High Representative's Decision Decision amending the Law on Recording and Settlement of Citizens' Claims in the Privatisation Sarajevo, 20 December 2000

In the exercise of the powers vested in me by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpretation of the said Agreement on the Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement; and considering in particular Article II.1.(d last said Agreement, according to the terms of which the High Representative shall "Facilitate, as the High Representative judges necessary, the resolution of any difficulties arising in connection with civilian implementation"; Recalling paragraph XI.2 of the Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 9 and 10 December 1997, in which the Peace Implementation Council welcomed the High Representative's intention to use his final authority in theatre regarding interpretation of the Agreement on the Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement in order to facilitate the resolution of any difficulties as aforesaid "by making binding decisions, as he judges necessary" on certain issues including (under sub-paragraph (c) thereof) "measures to ensure implementation of the Peace Agreement throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Entities"; Bearing in mind that the Peace Implementation Council at its meeting in Madrid on 16 December 1998 urged the authorities to co-operate fully and without reservation with the international community on a comprehensive and coherent structural reform of the Payment Bureaux, to be completed by 31 December 2000, and coinciding with the abolition of the present Payment Bureaux by that date; Noting that the role and responsibilities of the Payment Bureaux in the field of privatisation will be taken over by the Agency for Privatisation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that therefore amendments to the Law on Recording and Settlement of Citizens' Claims in the Privatisation Process are required; Considering that the entry into force of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Recording and Settlement of Citizens' Claims in the Privatisation Process is essential to ensure the necessary legislative framework for the above mentioned Payment Bureaux reform in general, and the transfer of the Payment Bureaux function in the privatisation process to the Agency for Privatisation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular; All this recalled, considered, borne in mind and noted, I hereby issue the following Decision. The Law which is hereinafter set out shall enter into force on an interim basis, until such time as the Federation Parliament adopt this Law in due form, without amendments and with no conditions attached. This Decision, which has immediate effect, shall be published without delay in the Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. DECISION ON LAW ON AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON RECORDING AND SETTLEMENT OF CITIZENS' CLAIMS IN THE PRIVATISATION The Law on Contributions ("Official Gazette of the Federation BiH", No 35/98) is hereby amended as follows: The Law on Recording and Settlement of Citizens' Claims in the Privatisation Process (Official Gazette of Federation of BiH, No.27/97, 8/99, 45/2000) is hereby amended as follows: Article 1 In Articles 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, the words "the Payment Bureau of FBiH" are replaced by the words "Agency for Privatisation in the Federation of BiH". Article 2 This Law shall be published without delay in the Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and shall enter into force on the date of such publication or 1 January 2001, whichever shall be the later, and shall be implemented when the FBiH Payment Bureau effectively ceases to perform its functions in relation to the privatisation process.   Sarajevo, 20 December 2000 Wolfgang Petritsch     High Representative

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