Decision on Amendments to the Decision on Determining and Maintaining Mandatory Reserves and Determining the Fee on the Reserve Amount

Based on Article 2, paragraph 3, points a., d., f. and g., Article 7, point b) and Articles 36 and 57 of the Law on the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH", no. 1/97, 29/02, 8/03, 13/03, 14/03, 9/05, 76/06 and 32/07), the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at its 7th session held on July 10, 2026, adopts the DECISION on Amendments to the Decision on Determining and Maintaining Mandatory Reserves and Determining the Fee on the Reserve Amount (revised text)
Article 1
In the Decision on Determining and Maintaining Mandatory Reserves and Determining the Fee on the Reserve Amount (revised text) ("Official Gazette of BiH", number: 14/26), in Article 6, a new paragraph (1) is added before the existing paragraph (1), which reads:
''(1) Mandatory reserves are maintained by holding cash deposits with the Central Bank and are calculated as average daily reserves over a ten-day period.''.
In the former paragraph (1), which becomes paragraph (2), in point a) after the words ''Central Bank'', the comma is deleted and the words ''which also includes the bank's funds in the instant payment system of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviated: IPS BiH)'' are added, followed by a comma, and the rest of the text continues.
Article 2
In Article 11, after point p), a new point q) is added, which reads:
''q) the balance of the bank's funds in the IPS BiH system at the end of each working day during the maintenance period – the balance of the bank's reserve funds with a cut-off at 4 PM each working day, which the Central Bank records and maintains within the KM reserve account and which represents the book value in the business books for that day''.
Article 3
(1) This decision enters into force on the day following its publication in the "Official Gazette of BiH", and shall apply from July 20, 2026.
(2) This decision shall also be published in the "Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH", the "Official Gazette of Republika Srpska" and the "Official Gazette of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina".

Chairperson of the Governing Board of the Central Bank Number: UV-122-02-1-1024-3/26 of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, July 10, 2026

GOVERNOR

Dr. Jasmina Selimović