The work of the Ministry of Energy and Mining is based on the following legal framework:
• Regulation on the Implementation of the Conformity Assessment Activities and Designation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 117/13),
• Law on Geological Research (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 110/13),
• Law on Technical Regulations (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 98/13),
• Law on Public Administration (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 118/08, 11/09, 74/10, 86/10 and 121/12),
• Law on Government of the Republic of Srpska (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 118/08),
• Law on Civil Servants ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska", no. 118/08, 117/11 and 37/12),
• Law on Companies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 127/08, 58/09, 100/11, 67/13),
• Law on Public Enterprises (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 75/04 and 78/11),
• Law on Crafts and Entrepreneurial Activities (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 117/11, 121/12 and 67/13),
• Law On Gas (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 86/07 and 121/12),
• Law on Pipeline Transport of Carbohydrate gases and liquids and distribution of Carbohydrate Gases (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 52/12),
• Law on SME Development (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 50/13),
• Law on Energy (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 49/09),
• Law on Electricity (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 8/08 - Consolidated, 34/09, 92/09 and 01/11),
• Law on Renewable Energy Sources and Efficient Cogeneration (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 39/13 and 108/13),
• Law on Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 36/09 and 102/12),
• Law on Mining (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 59/12),
• Law on Fees for Use of Natural Resources for the Electricity Generation (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 85/03 and 75/10),
• Law on Concessions (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 59/13),
• Law on Energy Efficiency (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 59/13),
• Instruction for Preparing Annual Report on Implementation of Energy Efficiency Action Plan of Local-Self Governments (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 1/14),
• Law on Public-Private Partnership (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 59/09),
• Law on General Administrative Procedure (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 13/02, 87/07 and 50/10),
• Law on Ministerial, Government and other Appointments (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 41/03),
• Law on Bankruptcy Procedure - Consolidated (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpaks, no. 26/10),
• Law on Liquidation (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 64/02),
• Law on Privatization of State-Owned Capital in Enterprises (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 51/06, 1/07, 53/07, 41/08, 58/09 and 79/11),
• Law on the Republic of Srpska Share Fund (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 56/06 and 1/07),
• Law on the Republic of Srpska Restitution Fund (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 56/06),
• Law on the Republic of Srpska Guarantee Fund (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 50/10),
• Law on Tax Procedure of the Republic of Srpska (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 102/11 and 108/11),
• Law on State Aid Supervision (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 106/09),
• Law on General Product Safety (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 102/09),
• Law on Consumer Protection in the Republic of Srpska (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 6/12),
• Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 45/04),
• Law on Production of Weapons and Military Equipment (Official Gazette of BiH, no. 9/04 and 25/09),
• Law on Labor (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 55/07),
• Law on Execution of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for 2011 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 1/11),
• Law on Execution of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for 2013 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 116/12),
• Law on Budget System of the Republic of Srpska (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 54/08, 126/08 and 92/09),
• Law on Conditions for Sale of Shares of Companies in the field of Oil Industry of the Republic of Srpska (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 20/07,68/07 and 63/11).