Since Bosnia and Herzegovina did not take any measures to rectify the breaches established by Decision 2013/04/MC-EnC, the Secretariat initiated Case ECS-08/11S by submitting a Reasoned Request to the Ministerial Council under Article 92 of the Treaty on 18 July 2014.

Based on a Reasoned Request submitted by the Secretariat on 18 July 2014, the Ministerial Council adopted Decision 2014/04/MC-EnC of 23 September 2014, establishing a serious and persistent breach by Bosnia and Herzegovina within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the Treaty.

Based on a Reasoned Request submitted by the Secretariat on 16 October 2015 the Ministerial Council adopted Decision 2015/10/MC-EnC  declaring that Bosnia and Herzegovina had failed to rectify the serious and persistent breaches identified in Decisions 2013/04/MC-EnC and 2014/04/MC-EnC and for the first time adopted several measures under Article 92 of the Treaty.

Steps taken

Upon a Request from the Secretariat on 5 August 2016, the Ministerial Council adopted a Decision that Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to implement Ministerial Council Decisions 2013/04/MC-EnC, 2014/04/MC-EnC and 2015/10/MC-EnC and thus to rectify the serious and persistent breaches identified in these Decisions.

The Ministerial Council suspended the duration of the measures under Article 92 of the Treaty imposed in Article 2 of Decision 2015/10/MC-EnC until 31 March 2017 starting from the date when the Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina notifies the Ministerial Council of changes to the conclusions adopted by the Government on 22 September 2016.

In Article 3 of its Decision, the Ministerial Council invited the European Union, in line with Article 6 of the Treaty, to take the appropriate measures for the suspension of financial support granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the sectors covered by the Treaty.

Procedure

The Secretariat is invited to monitor compliance of the measures taken by Bosnia and Herzegovina with the acquis communautaire.

If no State Law is adopted by 31 March 2017, the duration of the measures under Article 2 of Decision 2015/10/MC-EnC is extended until the next meeting of the Ministerial Council.

Based on a report by the Secretariat, the Ministerial Council will review the effectiveness and the need for maintaining these measures further at its next meeting in 2017.

Since Bosnia and Herzegovina did not take any measures to rectify the breaches, on 12 October 2017, the Secretariat submitted a Reasoned Request to the Ministerial Council under Article 92 of the Treaty requesting extension of the measures.

On 8 October 2019, the Secretariat submitted Request for measures under Article 92 of the Treaty in Case ECS-8/11 S. Due to lack of unanimity, the Ministerial Council did not adopt a decision on the Request, and measures against Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted under Article 92 imposed by Article 2(2) of Decision 2015/10/MC-EnC and Article 3(1) of Decision 2016/16/MC-EnC have not been extended.

Based on a Request submitted by the Secretariat on 8 October 2019, the Ministerial Council adopted Decision 2020/02/MC-EnC of 29 December 2020, extending the measures imposed on Bosnia and Herzegovina under Article 92(1) of the Treaty in Cases ECS-8/11 S, ECS-6/16 S and ECS-2/13S, as well as suspending the right of Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in votes for Decisions under Article 91 and 92 of the Treaty, until the meeting of the Ministerial Council in 2022.

On 30 August 2022, the Secretariat submitted Request for measures under Article 92 of the Treaty in Case ECS-8/11 S. Due to lack of unanimity, the Ministerial Council did not adopt a decision on the Request, and measures against Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted under Article 92 imposed by Article 2(2) of Decision 2015/10/MC-EnC have not been extended and the additional measures requested by the Secretariat have not been adopted.