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The subject of the paper is the role of the court in the burden of proof in civil proceedings. Although the burden of proof is primarily on the parties, the role of the court in civil proceedings dictates that it undertakes actions that will enable the parties to gather all legally relevant facts, propose and produce evidence to prove those facts. Considering the intention of Bosnia and Herzegovina to become a member of the European Union, and that it needs to harmonize the law with the law of the European Union, in addition to the domestic law, the law of the European Union is analyzed in the paper. The goal of the research is to show how the court acts in relation to the burden of proof, what are its powers and how the court's actions reflect on the legal position of the parties. The aim of the research was reached by applying, first of all, the normative method by which the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union was studied and examined. In addition to this method, the paper used a synthesis method based on which the basics of the burden of proof were pointed out in order to understand its nature and a deductive method on the basis of which the research was started, based on general knowledge about the burden of proof. Based on the research, it was found out that in Bosnia and Herzegovina the parties are obliged to present procedural materials and when the court finds that an individual party did not present legally relevant facts or did not prove them, the court may not ask questions that would influence the party to present and prove legally relevant facts. In the law of the European Union, in the procedure for issuing the European payment order and the European small claims procedure, the court is obliged to take actions that will influence the plaintiff to prove legally relevant facts, which is to the detriment of the defendant. Such behavior leads to inequality between litigants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first legal regulation of the accounting of insurance companies began as early as 1978, the directives were changed due to alignment with the needs of presenting insurers' financial information. The latest Solvency II directive represents the legislative framework for the overall operation of insurance companies and reinsurance companies in the European Union. It entered into force at the beginning of 2016. Although it is not exclusively an accounting directive, it introduced a market-consistent valuation of assets and liabilities through the balance sheet, with the aim of adequate capitalization taking into account all the risks taken, which would result in the desired profitability. The first Regulation on the application of international accounting standards was adopted in 2002. Its goal was the adoption and use of international accounting standards in the community to harmonize financial data, and ensure a high level of transparency and comparability of financial statements, and thus the efficient functioning of the community's capital market and the internal market. International accounting standards were developed by the International Accounting Standards Committee, whose intention was to develop a single set of global accounting standards. As a member of the International Association of Accountants, Bosnia and Herzegovina is obliged to apply international accounting standards. In the paper, we will discuss the emergence of regulations governing the accounting and financial reporting of insurance companies, the position of Bosnia and Herzegovina in international accounting organizations, and its readiness to apply all EU accounting regulations for insurance companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes the concept of consular and diplomatic protection of citizens of the European Union and aims to present how the protection of citizens of the European Union in foreign countries is regulated in legal framework. With reference to Article 46 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, the paper seeks to illustrate how Article 46 is institutionally implemented and what is its practical significance for EU citizens. The term "EU citizenship" is clarified, with a brief historical overview and understanding of EU statehood through the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the rights that emanate from such status of individual, with a focus on consular protection. The paper seeks to answer the question of an effective legal framework regarding consular protection of EU citizens with reference to relevant EU regulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First of all, this paper tries to explain the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/67 of April 27 2016, which entered into the force on May 25 2018. Special attention was given to the territorial scope, and the influence on third countries, considering that the changes introduced by the Regulation are among the most important and at the same time the most controversial. Of course, this aspect of the Regulation is particularly important for Bosnia and Herzegovina, having in mind the obligations arising from the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the general economic, political and security orientation towards the European Union. Furthermore, in this paper, relation between protection of personal data and the right to privacy is considered, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation and the Convention on Human Rights as well as Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in a very concise form relevant practice of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Finally, this article suggests that, even though the Regulation is considered to be one of the most important and complex parts of the European Union legislation, which touches different spheres of life and society, and therefore the rights, respect for fundamental human rights and consistent application of the Convention in significant part results in respect for fundamental principle and essence of the Regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is, among other things, to explore and explain the basic characteristics of directives as binding secondary sources of European Union law, by placing special emphasis on the transposition of directives into the national legal systems of the member states. The said is completed in an effort to clarify even further to the professional public the basic methods used by lawmakers when transposing directives. In conclusion, for the subject of our research, it is important that the process of transposing directives into the legal systems of the member states is additionally portrayed as a very demanding job in the context of selecting methods of achieving the goals contained in this legal act of the European Union whose legal nature still stands even in the post-Lisbon period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first rules on public procurement were adopted in the thirties of the twentieth century. They had a role to protect the local economy. Procurement of goods and services consisted of unilateral requisitioning food any military supplies for the armed forces. After world war II, depending on the chosen political system, one state maintained prewar rules on public procurement, while others gathered around the idea of creating a European Union (hereinafter: EU), public procurement rules regulate the right of the EU. Public procurements represent the process of procurement of goods, services and works by contracting authorities. The main characteristics of public procurement are to provide customers what they need, when they need and at the best value for money. Public procurement has a significant share in the GDP of each country in the total public expenditure, as well as its effective implementation for each country an important issue. The paper set out the essential elements of the institute of public procurement in the period of creation, development to the present role and importance of the concept of the institution of public procurement, and individual examples of interpreting the provisions of the institute od public procurement through the case-law of the European Union (hereinafter: ECJ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prohibited agreements as an unauthorized form of competition in competition law in our country are regulated by the Law on Competition of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina", No. 48/05, 76/07 and 80/09, hereinafter referred to as BiH Competition Law), and it is the same regulated issue of the appearance of these agreements, the permissible exemptions, the consequences of prohibited agreements, the procedure of initiating and conducting the proceedings, and establishing the existence of prohibited agreements as well as sanctions for the same. These agreements are also called monopoly agreements. The BiH Competition Law is almost entirely in line with EU regulations in this area, and this compliance stems from the fact that harmonization used the technique of "rewriting" European legislation. The subject of this paper is the presentation and analysis of legal sources of prohibited agreements as an unauthorized form of competitive action in competition law at the level of the European Union and at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to analyze administrative dispute procedure in national legislation and to point out arising issues relevant for the integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union. Firstly, the current implementation of the administrative dispute is going to be analyzed, followed by detection of problems in the execution of administrative decisions in BH. In addition, problems in the execution of administrative decisions in the light of Article 6 paragraph 1 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms will be accentuate through the national case law as well as the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Aforementioned aimed at finding solutions for number issues in administrative dispute procedure in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The significance and specialty of professionalisation of public administration stems from its basic components where the performance of jobs based on professional qualifications and abilities, in accordance with legal regulations and conditions based on objective criteria for entry and promotion in the service, appears as a prerequisite for creating the administration what citizens want. Recalling the present tendencies in the public administration, the paper presents a complete overview of professionalisation as a contemporary tendency. Its basic components were defined and processed, and it was determined that it comprised education, expertise, functionality and motivation. Establishing SIGMU as a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union in order to strengthen the foundations for improved public governance and thus support socio-economic development through capacity building of the public sector, strengthening horizontal governance and implementing public administration reforms, can be followed by the activities of the European Union contribute to the significance of public administration professionalisation. In that sense, through the adoption of European standards of civil law, SIGMA defined the criteria for which officers should be: professional, professional, accountable, susceptible and bound by statutory regulations. In addition, the activities that contribute to its development can be followed through other documents adopted by SIGMA, as well as through the Recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. There are different modalities for the definition and status of the status of civil servants among the member states, but the merit system is accepted as the basic principle of employment and promotion. In this sense, the professionalisation of public administration in the European Union is a unique standard with various variations in its implementation in order to create an administration that will be able to respond to all challenges posed before it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]