Case ECS-09/25: Bosnia and Herzegovina / climate

procedural history

• 31 March 2026: Reasoned Opinion

  Reasoning

  As the information and the legal arguments provided by the Reply of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not dispel the concerns raised in the Opening Letter and the facts of the case have remained unchanged since the opening of the case, the Secretariat decided to submit a Reasoned Opinion.
   

• 11 November 2025: Opening Letter

  Case

  On 11 November 2025, the Secretariat sent an Opening Letter to Bosnia and Herzegovina to address its breach of the Governance Regulation for the lack of notification of the Contracting Party’s final National and Energy Climate Plan (NECP) to the Secretariat.

   

  Reasoning

   In the Opening Letter, the Secretariat takes the view that by not notifying to the Secretariat its NECP by 30 June 2024 and subsequently to date of issuing the Opening Letter, Bosnia and Herzegovina failed to comply with the relevant provisions of the Governance Regulation.

   

  Procedure

   By sending the Opening Letter, the Secretariat initiated a preliminary procedure, the purpose of which is to give Bosnia and Herzegovina the opportunity to react to the allegation of non-compliance with Energy Community law within two months and to enable the Secretariat to establish the full background of the case.