MUNICIPALITY OF ŽEPČE – GUIDE FOR REGISTERING A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Registration of limited liability companies is being performed in the Municipal Court in Zenica – the Court Registry. In order to establish a limited liability company the following steps need to be taken: Prepare the founding enactment Open a transitional account in a bank / Pay the founding deposit Acquire a tax certificate Register the company Have the seal made Acquire an ID number and an activity code Register the company in the VAT system Open a permanent transaction account Register the company and the employees in the Tax Administration and the Pension and Disability Insurance Bureau of FBiH Register the beginning of operations with the Administration for Inspection Affairs of Zenica-Doboj Canton Submit to the Municipal Services for Economy and Finance a statement on meeting the minimum technical preconditions for the company to operate. 1. Prepare the founding enactment If the limited liability company is being founded by one person, the founding enactment shall be the Decision on Founding. If the limited liability company is being founded by more than one person, the founding enactment shall be the Contract on Founding. The drafting of the Founding Enactment is usually entrusted to a notary public and costs around BAM 300. Important contact information: Notary Public, Dilber Elza Stjepana Tomaševića, 72230 Žepče, 032 881 706, [email protected] Notary Public, Nalić Gordana Ulica Prva, 72 230 Žepče. 032 883 324, [email protected] 2. Open a transitional account in a bank / Pay the founding deposit The founding deposit amounts to BAM 1,000 and the value of an individual deposit (in case there are more than one founders) cannot be less than BAM 100. You can pay the founding deposit after you open a transaction account in any commercial bank. Banks having their business units in the Municipality of Žepče: Intesa Sanpaolo bank, www.intesasanpaolobanka.ba, ASA banka, www.asabanka.ba Raiffeisen bank, www.raiffeisenbank.ba, Sparkasse bank, www.sparkasse.ba/bs, Unicredit bank, www.unicreditbank.ba, 3. Acquire a tax certificate The tax certificate is necessary as a confirmation that you are not an unconscientious business person, and that you do not have any other business activities in regards to which you had failed to meet your tax liabilities. The tax certificate is issued by the Tax Administration of the Municipality of Žepče and it costs BAM 15. 4. Register the company The registration is performed at the Municipal Court in Zenica – the Court Registry, where you shall take an application for registration, together with which you shall prepare the following documentation: Regularly filled out application for registration Decision or contract on founding, certified by notary public Evidence on having paid the founding capital amounting to BAM 2,000.00 Estimated value of deposit in assets and rights (findings and opinion of an expert) if capital is being invested in assets and rights Tax certificate for the founder Certified signature of the person authorized for representation and a statement on acceptance of duties of the director (if the person authorized for representation is a foreign national, a certified copy of the passport for that person is also to be submitted) The text of the announcement on founding the company in the Official Gazette of FBiH Evidence on having paid the charge for publication of the announcement (the charge amounts to BAM 150) If the founder of the company is a person who is a foreign national, the following is necessary: Decision of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH (instead of the tax certificate) If the founder is a legal person – an excerpt from the registry for the founder, with an apostille seal. The translation of the excerpt, performed by a certified court interpreter, is to be attached to the excerpt (link to contact information of all certified court interpreters in Zenica-Doboj Canton: http://opsudzenica.pravosudje.ba) If the founder is a natural person – a certified copy of the passport The form of the application for registration may also be downloaded in electronic form on the following website http://bizreg.pravosudje.ba/ and on the website of the Court, http://opsud-zenica.pravosudje.ba. Municipal Court in Zenica (Registry of Economic Operators) Ulica Masarykova 50, Zenica, 032 248 428 Teslić, Tešanj and Žepče European Cities & Regions of the Future 2014/2015