COUNTRY REPORT

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

REPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR

INSPECTION ACTIVITIES OF

REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

MARKET INSPECTION

MARKET INSPECTION

ORGANIZATION AND CAPACITY:

• 153 Market Inspectors (65 Republic Market Inspectors + 1 Chief Market Inspector)

• Covering Border and Internal Market

• 6 Regional Divisions (covering entire RS)

• Inspection Managment System (IMS)– e-Inspectorate and e-inspector,

– Business Process Management,

– Risk-Based Inspections,

– Inspection checklists

MARKET INSPECTION

COOPERATIONWITH OTHER AGENCIES:

• Institute for Intellectual Property

• Ministry of Trade and Tourism

• Police

• Border police

• Customs

• Other Inspection agencies

• Courts

• Other state and entity agencies

MARKET INSPECTION

SCOPE:

• Trade

• Catering

• Tourism

• Services

• Consumer protection

• Prices

• Units and scales

• Quality and safety of non-food goods

• Intellectual property

– Copyright and other Related Rights

• Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights

– Trademark

– Indications of Geographical Origin

– Industrial Design

MARKET INSPECTION

LEGAL FRAMEWORK:

• Procedural Laws– Law on General Administrative Procedure

– Law on Administrative Disputes

– Law on Inspection in Republic of Srpska

– Law on Misdemeanors of Republic of Srpska

– Criminal Procedure Law

• Substantive Laws– Law on Inspections in Republic of Srpska

– Trade Law

– Copyright and Related Rights Law,

– Law on collective management of Copyright and Related Rights

– Trademark Law,

– Law on Industrial Design,

– Law on Indications of Geographical Origin

MARKET INSPECTION

ACTIONS (MEASURES):

• Administrative measures

• Seizure of goods (only for copyright infringement)

• Prohibition of all activities - penal up to 90 days (only for copyright infringement)

• Prohibition of infringement

• Ordering the elimination of irregularities

• Penal (initiative) measures

• Misdemeanor warrant

• Request for initiating misdemeanor proceedings in court

– Fine

– Seizure of goods

– Prohibition of activities

• Criminal report

MARKET INSPECTION

STATISTICS (2005 – 2010):

• Several thousand pieces of clothing

• 300.000 + pieces of CDs

• 8 T counterfeited detergent

• Lots of other equipments and goods

MARKET INSPECTION

EDUCATION AND CAMPAIGNS:

• Education for market inspectors (2 in this year in the field of intellectual property rights protection)

• Organizing campaign “Stop software theft” - supported by USAID and BSA

Thank you for your attention!

Petar Ernaut

Republic administration for Inspection Activities of Republic of Srpska

Republic of Srpska Square No. 8

78000 Banja Luka

Republic of Srpska

Bosnia and Herzegovina

p.ernaut@inspektorat.vladаrs.net

Тel: +38751334637