Request Submitted for Use of Villa Braun to Accommodate the President and Vice Presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the information from the Federal Attorney's Office regarding the resolution of the status of "Villa Braun" in Sarajevo.

The Service for Joint Affairs of Bodies and Institutions of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is tasked with, on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, submitting a request to the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo for consent to use the "Villa Braun" building with the accompanying land at Alipašina Street number 45 for the purpose of accommodating the offices of the President and two Vice Presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By an earlier conclusion of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federal Attorney's Office was tasked with conducting negotiations with the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo, as the holder of the right of disposal over these properties, with the aim of resolving the property-legal status of the building and land, which would serve as the basis for registering ownership of the said building and land in favor of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the Information from the Attorney's Office, it is stated that from the history of the land registry extract of properties registered in land registry entry 240 KO SP Sarajevo - Mahala LIV, it was determined that this is confiscated property. Namely, the Law on Real Rights stipulates that agricultural and other land, buildings, apartments, and business premises as separate parts of buildings in social/state ownership cannot be subject to transfer, alienation, exchange, or any other form of disposal if they were acquired into social/state ownership based on the Law on Confiscation of Property and Execution of Confiscation.

Furthermore, Article 368 of the Law on Real Rights stipulates that the provisions of Article 365 of this Law shall apply until the expiration of the deadline for submitting requests for return or compensation in accordance with the regulation that will govern the issue of reprivatization, denationalization, and restitution. Therefore, this property cannot be subject to exchange until the adoption of the Law on Restitution and the Law on State Property.