Decision on Amendment and Supplement to the Decision on Determining the Tariff of Fees for Services Provided by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Based on Article 7, paragraph 1, items b and f, and Article 70 of the Law on the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH", nos. 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 meeting held on July 28, 2023, and its 8th meeting held on August 29, 2023, adopts

DECISION on the amendment and supplement to the Decision on determining the tariff of fees for services provided by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Article 1.
(Subject)
(1) In the Decision on determining the tariff of fees for services provided by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH", nos. 10/21, 53/22, and 81/22), in the Fee Tariff which is an integral part of the Decision, in Tariff Item 2. – Transactions with Banks, tariff item 2.3. is added and reads:

Fee Item of Service
Type of Service
Amount (Value) of Fee
Note: Method of calculation, base, and other
2.3.
Transactions on the EUR reserve account
2.3.1.
Deposit and withdrawal via account abroad – EUR reserve account
100.00 KM for transaction value up to 1,000,000.00 KM – per transaction; 1,000.00 KM for transaction value over 1,000,000.00 KM – per transaction
Fee for the operational cost of the Central Bank for the service provided 2.3.2.
Transfer of funds from KM reserve account to EUR reserve account and transfer of funds from EUR reserve account to KM reserve account (Internal purchase/sale of KM)
100.00 KM for transaction value up to 1,000,000.00 KM – per transaction; 1,000.00 KM for transaction value over 1,000,000.00 KM – per transaction
Fee for the operational cost of the Central Bank for the service provided 2.3.3.
Withdrawal via account abroad (T+1) – EUR reserve account 0.01% of transaction value, minimum 100.00 KM The Central Bank, depending on the current availability of foreign exchange reserves, investment plan, and previously assumed obligations, may approve or reject this request 2.3.4. Withdrawal via account abroad (T+0) – EUR reserve account 0.2% of transaction value, minimum 100.00 KM The Central Bank, depending on the current availability of foreign exchange reserves, investment plan, and previously assumed obligations, may approve or reject this request 2.3.5. Cancellation of contracted transaction – deposit via account abroad – EUR reserve account 0.1% of the value of the contracted transaction (2) The textual part below the table, titled "Collection of Fee for Tariff Item 2.", is amended and reads:

"Collection of Fee for Tariff Item 2.
(1) The collection of fees from tariff items 2.1., 2.2., and 2.3. is carried out as follows:
Fee collection is carried out on a monthly basis, with the value date being the tenth working day of the current month or the first following working day if the tenth day of the month is a non-working day. The fee is collected in KM. The Central Bank collects the fee by debiting the bank's KM reserve account in favor of the Central Office account of the Central Bank. The fee from tariff item 2.1.1. does not exclude fees from tariff items 2.1.2. to 2.1.8. For the service from tariff item 2.1.3., the base for calculating the fee from tariff item 2.1.1. is the value/amount of purchase and sale of physical foreign currency expressed in KM. The fee from tariff item 2.3.1. does not exclude fees from tariff items 2.3.3. to 2.3.5. (2) The base for calculating fees for services from tariff item 2.3. is the value/amount of deposit and withdrawal expressed in KM.".

Article 2.
(Entry into force and start of application)
(1) This Decision enters into force on the eighth day from the date of publication in the "Official Gazette of BiH", and will be applied from January 1, 2024. (2) This Decision will be published in the "Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH", the "Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska", and the "Official Gazette of the Brčko District of BiH".

Chairman

Governing Board of the Central Bank
Number: UV-122-02-1-1499-6/23 of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, August 29, 2023

GOVERNOR

dr. Senad Softić