Business
Entity-level company law with separate registers in each entity
There is no single state company law: the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska each have their own Companies Act and court or agency register. The d.o.o. is the standard vehicle in both, with differing capital requirements.
Key rules
- Company law and registration are entity competences, not state competences.
- Minimum share capital for a d.o.o. differs between the Federation and Republika Srpska.
- A company registered in one entity may need to register a branch to operate in the other.
Governing law
- Companies Act of the Federation of BiH
- Companies Act of Republika Srpska
In practice
Operating across the whole country usually means dealing with two separate regulatory and registration systems in parallel.