Deletion from the Register at the request of associations and foundations

A registered association or foundation must submit a request for its deletion from the register of associations or foundations on Form 3 if the competent body of the association or foundation has adopted a decision on its dissolution or a decision on its merger or division.

Along with the application for registration of the deletion from the register of associations or foundations, the applicant shall attach:

a) the decision of the competent body of the association or foundation to cease its activities, in accordance with Articles 50 and 51a of the Act and the provisions of the association's or foundation's statutes;

b) a plan for the liquidation of the association or foundation, together with a decision on the distribution of the association's or foundation's assets and funds, in accordance with its statutes and the Act;

c) bank statement showing the balance of cash funds in the giro account of the entity making the subscription;

d) proof from the competent tax authority of the settlement of liabilities;

e) the minutes of the meeting of the association's assembly or the foundation's Board of Directors, and

f)  proof of payment of the administrative fee. 

The person authorised to represent the association or foundation must, within 30 days of the date on which the association or foundation ceased to operate, submit to the Ministry an application with evidence of its cessation of activities.

The request for deletion from the register is completed electronically, in Latin script or Cyrillic script, in one of the three official languages in use in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the appropriate fields. The application and its attachments must be submitted in the original or as a certified copy no older than three months, in a single copy.

A foreign non-governmental organisation must submit an application for deletion from the register, office or representation of the foreign non-governmental organisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Form 4, when the competent authority of the foreign non-governmental organisation in its country of domicile has made a decision to cease the operation of the office or representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The request for deletion from the register is accompanied by:

a) a decision by the competent authority of the foreign non-governmental organisation to cease the activities of its office or representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, certified by the competent authority in its country of domicile bearing an apostille and translated into one of the official languages in use in Bosnia and Herzegovina, unless otherwise provided for by a special regulation, by an authorised court interpreter, and certified by the competent authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not older than three months;  

b) proof from the competent tax authority of the settlement of liabilities, and

c) proof of payment of the administrative fee. 

The request for the deletion from the register of an office or representation of a foreign non-governmental organisation is signed by the person authorised to represent the office or representation of the foreign non-governmental organisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is certified with a seal.

The application must be submitted in the original, and any attachments must be submitted in the original or as a certified copy no older than three months.