Activities for Granting Concessions for Oil and Gas Exploration and Exploitation in FBiH

SARAJevo, (Patria) - The Government of the Federation of BiH, at today's session held in Sarajevo, adopted the Public Investment Program (PIP) of the Federation of BiH for the period 2020-2022, which contains 109 projects. Of these, 50 projects are under implementation, 57 are nominated, and two have approved status. The total value of all projects is BAM 14,381.88 million, of which BAM 8,534.71 million relates to nominated projects, BAM 3,999.23 million to projects under implementation, and BAM 1,847.94 million to approved projects.

The Government was also acquainted with the public investment programs for the same period for the Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj, Sarajevo, Una-Sana, West Herzegovina, and Canton 10. The Federal Government adopted the Decision on initiating activities for granting concessions for oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the Federation of BiH. A public tender for granting concessions for oil and gas exploration and exploitation will be conducted for four blocks with a total area of 5,115 km 2 in the Pannonian Basin and Dinarides: Block BiHPo1 (119 km 2 ), Block BiHPo2 (93 km 2 ), Block BiHTz (1,570 km 2 ), and Block BiHD1 (3,233 km 2 ).

The Decision stipulates that the planning and execution of exploration and exploitation in each block must be in accordance with the environmental protection limitations and measures from the "Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of the Program for Regional Geological Exploration of Oil, Condensate, and Natural Gas in the FBiH", as well as the conditions and limitations from spatial plans in FBiH. The Government accepted the information from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy on the establishment of the Unified Register of Beneficiaries of Cash Benefits on which Contributions are Not Paid. It tasked all institutions, budget users, and extra-budgetary funds operating in FBiH to, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Unified Register of Beneficiaries of Cash Benefits on which Contributions are Not Paid, begin transferring data from their electronic records and other databases to the Unified Register database.

All these activities should be completed no later than December 31, 2019. The Unified Register is one of the largest electronic systems/databases that will connect more than 400 budget and extra-budgetary users/institutions at all levels of government and various sectors across FBiH, which pay various types of benefits to individuals on which contributions are not paid.

By adopting the information on the state of production and trade of seeds and planting material of forest and horticultural tree and shrub species, the Government of FBiH today, in order to eliminate deficiencies and ambiguities observed in the implementation of the Law on Seeds and Planting Material of Forest and Horticultural Tree and Shrub Species, as well as to harmonize regulations in this area with European Union legislation, sent an urgent request to the FBiH Parliament to consider the Draft Law on Reproductive Material of Forest and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, adopted at the session held on August 30, 2018, as soon as possible. The information from the Federal Ministry of Trade on the impact of support for consumer associations in the Federation of BiH in 2018 was also adopted, for which BAM 70,000 was provided in the Budget of the Federation of BiH for the achievement of their program goals.