The Government of the Republic of Srpska passed today during its 99^th session held in Banja Luka, a Decision on amendments to the Decision on the Guarantee Program of Economic Support for mitigating the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska passed following the proposal of the Management Board of the Compensation Fund, a Decree on the procedure for allocation of funds to enterprises that provide accommodation services, travel agencies and artists to address the financial losses due to the consequences of the corona virus pandemic.

The Decree stipulates that the funds from the Compensation Fund of the Republic of Srpska shall be provided to enterprises which are entitled to such a type of assistance for the purpose of regular settlement of obligations towards workers for social contributions and other tax obligations.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska approved today the Draft Law on the Students’ Standards of Living.

This Law regulates the rights, obligations and responsibilities of students in the field of the living standards, establishment and types of institutions for students standrdas of living, organization and work of student accommodation institutions, employees in the institution, financing, supervision over the implementation of this law, as well as other issues pertaining the students standard of living.

The reason for passing the new Law on Student Living Standard is the need to create equal conditions and equal opportunities for all students in the Republic of Srpska. The adoption of this law would create the basic preconditions for more successful education of students in the Republic of Srpska.

The Government of the Republika Srpska has approved the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Student Organizations.

The reason for adopting amendments to this Law is that in four year time since the adoption of the Law, its application in practice has shown that certain legal solutions need to be regulated more precisely or clearly or in a different way.

Also, the reason for passing the amendments to the Law is contained in the need to harmonize it with the new Law on the Republic Administration.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska has adopted a Decision on accepting the donor funds of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the amount of 20,000,000.00 EUR (39,116,600.00 BAM) within the cooperation mechanism under the Agreement on Special and Parallel Relations between the Republic of Srpska and the Republic of Serbia, for addressing the consequences caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska passed a Decree on the methodology of storing, buying off and disposing of the items seized in the course of inspection procedure. The Decree prescribes the methods of storing, buying off, destroying, disposing and other types of managing of goods seized in the inspection procedure.