Office of the High Representative Property Legislation


Property Legislation

THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE'S DECISIONS IN THE FIELD OF PROPERTY LAWS AND RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES

20 December 2000
Decision extending by three months, until 30 March 2001, the validity of the 27 April 2000 Decision on the re-allocation of socially owned land
5 December 2000
Decision abolishing the illegal "Municipality of Skelani" and restoring the pre-war boundaries of the Municipality of Srebrenica
28 October 2000
Decision extending the deadline for the enforcement of CRPC certificates related to socially-owned property in the Federation
28 October 2000
Decision extending the deadline for the enforcement of CRPC certificates related to socially-owned property in the RS
25 October 2000
Decision on the location of a cemetery for the victims of Srebrenica
6 October 2000
Decision integrating the municipality of Zepce
30 August 2000
Decisions annulling the RS Law on Return of Confiscated Property and Compensation, the RS Law on Return of Seized Real Property and the RS Law on Return of Seized Land

  • 30 August 2000
    Decision annulling the RS Law on Return of Confiscated Property and Compensation
  • 30 August 2000
    Decision annulling the RS Law on Return of Seized Real Property
  • 30 August 2000
    Decision annulling the RS Law on Return of Seized Land

28 June 2000 - Serbian version
Decision suspending the enactment of the RS Law on the Privatisation of State-Owned Apartments, pending correction of flaws and discriminatory elements
27 April 2000
Decision on re-allocation of socially owned land, superseding the 26 May 1999 and 30 December 1999 decisions
12 January 2000 - Serbian version
Decision establishing clear authority for implementation of CRPC Decisions within the RS Ministry for Refugees and Displaced Persons
30 December 1999
Decision extending until 30 June 2000 the Decision on certain types of socially-owned land of 26 May 1999
10 December 1999 - Serbian version
Decision extending by four months the deadline for claiming socially-owned apartments in the RS
16 November 1999 - Serbian version
Decision annulling the RSNA Conclusion proclaiming a winter ban on evictions
11 November 1999
Decision correcting a technical error in the 27 October package of Decisions (Bosnian / Croatian version)

27 October 1999
Package of seven Decisions harmonising the property legislation between the RS and the Federation and providing detailed instructions on their application

  • 27 October 1999
    Decision on the Instruction on Application of the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments in its amended form
    (Bosnian / Croatian version: Odluka Visokog Predstavnika o Uputstvu o primjeni Zakona o prestanku primjene Zakona o napustenim stanovima u njegovom dopunjenom obliku)
  • 27 October 1999
    Decision on the Instruction on Application of the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on Abandoned Real Property Owned by Citizens in its Amended Form
    (Bosnian / Croatian version: Odluka Visokog Predstavnika o Uputstvu o primjeni Zakona o prestanku primjene Zakona o napustenoj imovini u vlasnistvu gradjana u njegovom dopunjenom obliku)
  • 27 October 1999
    Decision on the Law on Amendments to the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments
    (Bosnian / Croatian version: Odluka Visokog Predstavnika o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o prestanku primjene Zakona o napustenim stanovima
  • 27 October 1999
    Decision on the Law on Amendments to the Law on Cessation of the Application of the Law on Temporarily Abandoned Real Property Owned by Citizens
    (Bosnian / Croatian version: Odluka Visokog Predstavnika o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o prestanku primjene Zakona o privremeno napustenoj imovini u vlasnistvu gradjana)
  • 27 October 1999 - Serbian version
    Decision on the Law on the Instruction on the Application of the Law on Further Amendments to the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on the Use of Abandoned Property and the Law on the Cessation of Application of the Law on the Use of Abandoned Property in its amended form
  • 27 October 1999 - Serbian version
    Decision on the Law on Amendments to the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on the Use of Abandoned Property
  • 27 October 1999 - Serbian version
    Decision on the Repeal of Articles to the Law on the Amendments to the Law on Housing Relations

27 October 1999
Decision on the Recognition and Implementation of CRPC Decisions in the Federation
(Bosnian / Croatian version: Odluka Visokog Predstavnika o Zakonu o izvrsenju odluka Komisije za imovinske zahtjeve izbjeglica i raseljenih lica
27 October 1999 - Serbian version
Decision on the recognition and Implementation of CRPC Decisions in the RS
30 July 1999
Decision on the reconnection of refugees and displaced persons to the telephone networks of BiH
30 July 1999
Decision on the use of inoffensive insignia and symbols by the police and judicial institutions in the Federation
30 July 1999
Decision on the validity of public documents issued by the competent body of SFRY
2 July 1999
Decision amending various provisions of the Federation Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on Temporary Abandoned Real Property by Citizens (Bosnian / Croatian version)
2 July 1999
Decision amending various provisions of the Federation Law on the Cessation of Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments, providing inter alia for the use of unclaimed apartments for humanitarian accommodation; for a six-month extension of the deadline for reclaiming pre-war occupancy rights to apartments, which had been cancelled by court decision; and for a definition of which former occupants of JNA apartments should be considered refugees and displaced persons for the purpose of reclaiming apartments (Bosnian / Croatian version)
2 July 1999
Decision amending various provisions of the Federation Law on Sale of Apartments with Occupancy Right, providing inter alia for a two-year delay on purchase of apartments that were declared abandoned during the war and until April 1998 (Bosnian / Croatian version)
30 June 1999
Decision extending the deadline for filing claims to socially-owned apartments in Drvar
15 June 1999 - Serbian Version
Decision extending by six months the deadline for filing claims to socially-owned apartments in the RS
26 May 1999
Decision suspending the power of local authorities in the Federation and the RS to re-allocate socially-owned land in cases where the land was used on 6 April 1992 for residential, religious, cultural, private agricultural or private business activities
14 April 1999 - Serbian Version
Decision amending the Law on Housing Relations in the RS and annulling all court-ordered cancellations of occupancy rights of refugees and displaced persons since April 1992 and re-allocations of apartments made on the grounds of space rationalisation
14 April 1999 - Serbian Version
Decision cancelling all permanent occupancy rights issued in the RS during and after the war in BIH and converting them into temporary occupancy rights
14 April 1999
Decision cancelling all permanent occupancy rights issued in the Federation during and after the war in BiH and converting them into temporary occupancy rights (Bosnian)
14 April 1999
Decision revoking the Decision of 5 November 1998 (Bosnian)
1 April 1999
Decision extending for three months the 4 April 1999 deadline for filing claims to socially-owned apartments in the Federation
10 March 1999
Decision on Minority Police Recruitment and IPTF Selection Procedures
5 November 1998
Decision suspending decision-making on claims to apartments in the Federation for which a permanent occupancy right was issued after 30 April 1991, and imposing a moratorium on sale of apartments to persons who acquired their occupancy right after 30 April 1991
17 September 1998
Decision imposing the Law on Amendments to the Law on Housing Relations in the Federation, restoring to displaced persons and refugees occupancy rights cancelled under Article 47 of the old law and extending from 6 to 12 months the deadline for requesting a review of court decisions cancelling occupancy rights under Article 83a
15 September 1998
Decision extending until 4 April 1999 the deadline for filing claims to socially owned apartments in the Federation
FEDERATION PROPERTY LEGISLATION

Laws

17 July 1999
Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Temporary Abandoned Real Property Owned by Citizens
5 July 1999
Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments
6 December 1997
Law on Sale of Appartments with Occupancy Rights

ENGLISH BOSNIAN
Claim Forms and Instructions Zahtjevi i Uputstva
30 April 1998 Instruction On the Application of Article 4 Of the Law on The Cessation of the Application Of The Law On Abandoned Apartments 30 aprila 1998 Uputstvo O Primjeni Clana 4. Zakona o Prestanku Primjene Zakona o Napustenim Stanovima
30 April 1998 Claim Form for Repossession of an Apartment With the Occupancy Right (in PDF format, 14Kb) 30 aprila 1998 Zahtjev Za Vracanje U Posjed Stana Na Kojem Postoji Stanarsko Pravo (in PDF format, 17Kb)
Information Sheets Informativni Dokumenti
27 March 2000 Joint OHR/UNHCR Press Release: Extended Deadlines for Purchasing Socially Owned Apartments in the Federation 27. mart 2000. Saopstenje za javnost: Produzeni rokovi za otkup stanova u drustvenom vlasnistvu u Federaciji
21 September 1999 Joint OHR,OSCE and UNHCR Press Release : Final deadline of October 4, 1999 for claiming repossession of certain socially owned apartments in the Federation of BiH 21 septembar 1999 OHR, OSCE i UNHCR Saopstenje za stampu: Konacni rok do 4. oktobra 1999. godine za podnosenje zahtjeva za povrat odredjenih kategorija stanova u drustvenom vlasnistvu u Federaciji BiH
2 April 1999 OHR Press Release: April 4 Deadline Extended 2 april 1999 Produzenje krajnjeg roka od 4.aprila
24 September 1998 New Deadline for Filing Claims is 4 April 1999 24 septembar 1998 Novi Rok za Podnosenje Zahtjeva je 4. april 1999.
31 July 1998 Further Recourse for People Claiming Repossession of Apartments in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 juli 1998 Daljne Upute za Podnositelje Zahtjeva Koji Traze Povrat u Posjed Stana u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine
11 May 1998 How to Claim Repossession of your Apartment 11 maj 1998 Kako Zahtijevati Vracanje U Posjed Vaseg Stana
9 April 1998 Information Sheet on the New Federation Property and Housing Laws 9 aprila 1998 Informacija o novim imovinskim i stambenim zakonima u Federaciji

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA PROPERTY LEGISLATION

Laws

2 December 1998
Law on the Cessation of Application of the Law on the Use of Abandoned Property

ENGLISH SERBIAN
Claim Forms and Instructions Zahtevi i Uputstva
13 January 1999 Instruction on the application of Articles 8 through 11 and 15 through 18 of the Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Use of Abandoned Property 13 januar 1999 Uputstvo o primeni clanova 8-11 i clanova 15-18 Zakona o prestanku primene Zakona o koristenju napustene imovine
13 January 1999 Claim Form for Property Return to Owner, Possessor, User in PDF format 10Kb) 13 januar 1999 Zahtev za vracanje imovine vlasniku, posedniku, korisniku
13 January 1999 Claim Form for Apartment Return to Occupancy Right Holder (in PDF format 11Kb) 13 januar 1999 Zahtev za vracanje stana nosiocu stanarskog prava
Information Sheets Informativni Dokumenti
10 February 1999 How to Claim Repossession of Your Private Property in The Republika Srpska 10 februar 1999 Kako podneti zahtev za povrat privatne imovine u Republici Srpskoj
10 February 1999 How to Claim Repossession of Your Socially-Owned Apartment in The Republika Srpska 10 februar 1999 Kako podneti zahtev za povrat stana u drustvenom vlasnistvu u Republici Srpskoj


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