Nezavisne novine: The Proposal document with responses to demand of the European Commission for technical information related to the structural dialog on jurisdiction reform in BiH is ready to be sent to Brussels.
"Translation of document, which is a task of the Directorate for European Integration of BiH, has been completed. Document will be sent to Brussels within the deadline determined by the Council of Ministers of BiH, and that is August 31", reports Srna.
Text of the document, as said in Srna, has been agreed by the procedures determined by the Work group for jurisdiction. "The document has been finalized and its translation will be sent within determined deadline", has been stated in the Directorate for European Integration of BiH and reminded that the text consists of annexes of more institutions, depending on their obliged areas.
At the end of June, the Council of Ministers of BiH has obliged all competent institutions in BiH to act in accordance to preliminary recommendations of the European Commission from the meeting on jurisdiction structural dialog, held on June 6 and 7, 2011 in Banja Luka.
The Directorate for European Integration of BiH is obliged to send the proposal document with answers on demand of the European Commission by August 31. The Ministry of Justice of BiH has been obliged to coordinate activities of competent institutions on preparation of the draft response to demand of the European Commission, which has been sent by the EU Enlargement and European Policy Commissioner, Stefan Phile.
The deadline for the Institutions of BiH to deliver their responses and translations of legal regulations required in accordance to demand for technical information to the Ministry of Justice was July 10.
The structural dialog on BiH jurisdiction is being held in a frame of the Stabilization and Association Process and represents one of the mechanisms for audit of legislation and functioning of institutions in candidate and potential candidate countries.
The technical part of the meeting in Banja Luka has opened questions on the reform of jurisdiction and functioning of legislative institutions at all four administrative levels of BiH.
The structural dialog with the EU on jurisdiction reform in BiH has started on June 6 in Banja Luka. The meeting has been agreed by President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton.