International Agreements

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a lot of International Agreements, which directly impact trading and investing.

These Agreements are important for doing business successfully and help Bosnia and Herzegovina prosper as a growing country.

In this post, you can find out more about the aforementioned Agreements.

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION

Bosnia & Herzegovina has Agreements on Avoidance of Double Taxation with the following countries:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Hungary, Malaysia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

FREE TRADE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Bosnia & Herzegovina signed the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), with the following countries:

Albania

Serbia

Moldova

Montenegro

Macedonia

UNMIK/Kosovo

BiH has also signed a Free Trade Agreement with Turkey, and provides additional free access to their consumer market of 70. million people.

A Free Trade Agreement between BiH and EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) was signed on June 24, 2013 in Norway, and entered into force in January 2015.

AGREEMENTS ON THE PROMOTION

AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTS

Bosnia & Herzegovina has Agreements on Promotion and Protection of Investments with the following countries:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxemburg,Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Netherlands, OPEC Fund, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and USA – OPIC.

PREFERENTIAL EXPORT REGIMES

Bosnia & Herzeogovina has a generalized system of preferences with:

Australia, Belarus, Canada, Japan, Kazahstan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, USA