Coordination between the regulation of public limited liability companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council Regulation on the Statute for an European company in the light of amendments of national legislation on companies

Abstract

S ciljem uspješne integracije u unutrašnje tržište Europske unije, Bosna i Hercegovina se 16.6.2009., potpisujući Sporazum o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju, obvezala poduzeti propisane mjere koje će omogućiti uspostavljanje funkcionalnog tržišnog gospodarstva putem osnivanja jedinstvenog ekonomskog prostora temeljenog na četirima slobodama kretanja. Stoga će intenziviranje dosadašnjih napora koji su učinjeni na polju harmonizacije domaćih propisa s komunitarnim biti usmjereno prema usklađivanju propisa statusnog poslovnog prava, ostvarujući jednu od sloboda kretanja – slobodu poslovnog nastana. Samo na taj način priznat će se trgovačka društva osnovana na jedinstvenom ekonomskom prostoru Bosne i Hercegovine, stvarajući konkurentniji položaj na unutrašnjem tržištu EU. Osnovano je pretpostaviti da će osnivanje i poslovanje europskih društava na jedinstvenom ekonomskom prostoru BiH biti odlučujući korak u ostvarenju potpune integracije bosanskohercegovačkog tržišta u unutrašnje tržište nakon što BiH postane država članica. Europsko društvo kao prvi nadnacionalni oblik trgovačkog društva na unutrašnjem tržištu već je pokazalo zavidne komparativne prednosti spram društava reguliranih nacionalnim propisima. U tu svrhu potrebno je utvrditi koje su promjene već izvršene u zakonodavstvu BiH i koliko su učinkovito provedene, te koje korake će biti potrebno učiniti kako bi dioničko društvo u BiH moglo biti osnovano kao europsko društvo koje će uspješno poslovati kako na teritoriju BiH, tako i na teritoriju cijele Europske unije.With the goal of successfully integrating into the internal EU market in mind, by becoming a signatory of Stabilisation and Association Agreement on June 16, 2009, Bosnia and Herzegovina took on the responsibility of undertaking prescribed measures to enable a functional market economy to take roots by establishing a single economic space based on four freedoms of movement. Hence, current efforts to harmonise the local regulations with acquis communautaire will be intensified and attention given to the harmonisation of company law regulations, thus ensuring one of the four mentioned freedoms – the freedom of establishment. This is the only manner in which companies established in the single economic space in BiH can endeavour to be recognised, gaining a more competitive status in the internal EU market.It is reasonable to maintain that establishing European companies and their conducting of business in the single economic space of BaH will prove to be a decisive step towards complete integration of Bosnian market into the internal EU market after BaH becoming a Member State. The first supranational form of company in the internal market, witnessed in the ascent of European company (SE), has already yielded many advantages in comparison to companies governed by national regulations.Acting towards these ends, it is a prerequisite to ascertain what changes have already been done to the national legislation and just how efficiently they have been implemented, followed by determining the next course of action in making it possible for the joint-stock company to be established as a SE capable of successful business activities in BaH, as well as on EU territory