Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| ISO 3166-1 | BA / BIH |
| Registry | Cantonal court (FBiH) / APIF (RS) / Brčko District court |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | JIB | UIO (VAT); FBiH or RS Tax Administration (direct tax) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | MBS | Cantonal court (FBiH) / APIF (RS) / Brčko District court |
Sector regulators
FBA · ABRS · KOMVP · SECRS · CBBH · FIA
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću | d.o.o. | Quota-based limited liability company; the dominant SME vehicle in BiH; liability capped at capital contribution; minimum BAM 1,000 (FBiH) or BAM 1 (RS). Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Dioničko društvo | d.d. | Joint-stock company with share capital divided into transferable shares; may be open (publicly held, min. BAM 50,000) or closed (privately held, min. BAM 20,000). Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Ortačko društvo | o.d. | General partnership in which all partners bear unlimited joint and several liability; no minimum capital; called o.d. in FBiH/Brčko and by similar form in RS. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. |
| Komanditno društvo | k.d. | Limited partnership with at least one general partner bearing unlimited liability and one limited partner whose liability is capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Samostalni preduzetnik | — | Sole-trader form for a single natural person conducting independent business activity; no separate legal entity; no minimum capital; called obrt or samostalna djelatnost in FBiH/Brčko and samostalni preduzetnik in RS. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Podružnica stranog pravnog lica | — | Registered branch of a foreign legal entity; not an independent legal person — the parent company bears full liability; must be registered in the applicable commercial register before conducting business in BiH. Equivalent to a US Branch. |
| Zadruga | — | Cooperative society organized on a member-benefit basis; governed by separate cooperative legislation in both FBiH and RS; members’ liability limited to their contributions. Equivalent to a US Cooperative. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | All required: Rješenje o registraciji + Izvod iz sudskog/APIF registra |
| Constitutive Documents | All required: Osnivački akt + Statut |
| Tax Registration | Any one of: JIB potvrda · PDV uvjerenje |
| Operating Permit | Odobrenje za rad |
| Ownership Records | Izvod iz registra |
| Governance Records | Izvod iz registra |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: Odluka skupštine · Punomoć |
| Address | Any one of: Ugovor o najmu · Račun za komunalne usluge · Bankovni izvod |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Rješenje o registraciji | Legal Registration |
| Izvod iz sudskog/APIF registra | Legal Registration |
| Osnivački akt (founding decision/contract) | Constitutive Documents |
| Statut (if applicable) | Constitutive Documents |
| JIB potvrda | Tax Registration |
| PDV uvjerenje | Tax Registration |
| Odobrenje za rad (municipal operating permit) | Operating Permit |
| Izvod iz registra (registry extract listing members/ownership shares) | Ownership Records |
| Izvod iz registra (registry extract listing direktor(i) and prokuristi) | Governance Records |
| Odluka skupštine (assembly/board decision) | Signing Authority |
| Punomoć (notarised power of attorney) | Signing Authority |
| Ugovor o najmu | Address |
| Račun za komunalne usluge (≤90 dana) | Address |
| Bankovni izvod (≤90 dana) | Address |
| Sector-Specific License | FBA Licence (Agencija za bankarstvo FBiH), ABRS Licence (Agencija za bankarstvo RS), KOMVP Authorisation (Komisija za vrijednosne papire BiH), SECRS Authorisation (Komisija za hartije od vrijednosti RS), Ministerial Permit (sector-specific) |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Extract must be ≤3 months old. Specify which register (FBiH cantonal court, APIF, or Brčko District) based on registered entity address.
- Constitutive Documents: Must be notarized. Single-member d.o.o. uses Odluka o osnivanju; multi-member uses Ugovor o osnivanju. d.d. requires separate Statut.
- Tax Registration: JIB from entity-level tax administration; PDV broj (12-digit, derived from JIB) from UIO upon VAT registration. Collect both where applicable.
- Operating Permit: Issued by the relevant municipality; requirements differ by canton (FBiH) or municipality (RS). Not all activities require a separate permit.
- Sector-Specific License: Required for banking, insurance, securities, and other regulated activities. FBA and ABRS licenses differ by entity.
- Governance Records: Direktor(i) and authorized representatives (prokuristi) are listed in the public registry extract.
- Signing Authority: For legal representatives not already listed as direktor in the registry, a notarized POA (punomoć) or board resolution (odluka) is required.
- Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Direktor | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Managing director with day-to-day operational authority; registered in the commercial register. |
| Izvršni direktor | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Executive director; sub-role to the managing director in larger structures. |
| Nadzorni odbor član | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Supervisory board member (d.d.); governance oversight role. |
| Skupština / Upravni odbor član | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Members’ assembly or board member (d.d.); governance, not execution. |
| Prokurista | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Holder of commercial power of attorney (prokura); registered; authorized to legally bind the company. |
| Zakonski zastupnik | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Statutory legal representative; may overlap with direktor in smaller entities. |
Notes
- Three parallel registries, three AML regimes: FBiH uses cantonal court registers (bizreg.ba); RS uses APIF (apif.net); Brčko District uses its basic court register. Each entity has its own commercial company law, registration procedure, and entity-level tax administration. A Bosnian company’s KYB document set must be sourced from the correct register — do not mix cross-entity extracts.
- PDV broj vs. JIB: The PDV broj is a 12-digit number derived from the 13-digit JIB, issued separately by UIO upon VAT registration. Do not substitute the JIB for the PDV broj on cross-border invoices — the UIO taxpayer database explicitly requires a 12-digit entry for VAT lookups.