Decision on Amendments and Supplements to the Decision on the Central Credit Register of Business Entities and Natural Persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Based on Article 2, paragraph (3), points c) and i), Article 7, paragraph (1), point b), and Articles 59 and 70 of the Law on the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Official Gazette of BiH”, nos. 01/97, 29/02, 8/03, 13/03, 14/03, 9/05, 76/06 and 32/07) and Article 6, paragraph (1), points a) and d) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (“Official Gazette of BiH”, 49/06, 76/11 and 89/11), the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at its 8th meeting held on May 22, 2024, adopts

DECISION on amendments and supplements to the Decision on the Central Credit Register of business entities and natural persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Article 1. In the Decision on the Central Credit Register of Business Entities and Natural Persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Official Gazette of BiH”, nos. 44/19 and 77/21), in Article 8, after paragraph (3), a new paragraph (4) is added, which reads: “(4) All acts related to the distribution of data from the Central Credit Register are signed by the Vice Governor of the Central Bank responsible for the affairs of the Sector for Statistics, External Debt Servicing, European Integration, and Payment Systems.”.

Article 2. In Article 9, in paragraph (2), the words “acts from Article 10, paragraph (3) of this Decision” are replaced with the words “complete and regular request from Article 10, paragraph (2) of this Decision”.

Article 3. In Article 10, in paragraph (3), the words “the Governor of the Central Bank approves access to the requested data by his individual act” are replaced with the words “the Central Bank will provide the requested data if it is necessary to perform activities within the statutory competence”.

Article 4. In Article 15, in paragraph (1), after the words “his personal data”, the words “which are signed by the Vice Governor of the Central Bank responsible for the affairs of the Sector for Statistics, External Debt Servicing, European Integration, and Payment Systems” are added.

Article 5. (1) In Article 16, after paragraph (1), a new paragraph (2) is added, which reads: “If the Central Bank issues an invoice for services from paragraph (1) of this Article, it is signed by the Vice Governor of the Central Bank responsible for the affairs of the Sector for Statistics, External Debt Servicing, European Integration, and Payment Systems.”. (2) The current paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) become paragraphs (3), (4), and (5).

Article 6. In Article 17, in paragraph (4), the words “Governor of the Central Bank” are replaced with the words “Vice Governor of the Central Bank responsible for the affairs of the Sector for Statistics, External Debt Servicing, European Integration, and Payment Systems”.

Article 7. (1) This Decision enters into force on the eighth day from the date of its publication in the “Official Gazette of BiH”, and will be applied from July 1, 2024. (2) This Decision will be published in the “Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina”, the “Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska”, and the “Official Gazette of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

Chairperson Number: UV-122-02-1-1084-3/24 Governing Board of the Central Bank Sarajevo, May 22, 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina

GOVERNOR

dr. Jasmina Selimović