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Handbook on the Dayton Peace Agreement
PC-1510-100-96
February 1996

Annex 2

Agreement on Inter-Entity Boundary Line and Related Issues


This annex is the Agreement on the Inter-Entity Boundary Line and Related Issues. The parties are the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republika Srpska.

Summary of Main Points

The parties may adjust the Inter-Entity Boundary Line (I-EBL) only by mutual consent and will consult and notify the IFOR Commander prior to making any agreed adjustment.

Under IFOR supervision, the parties may mark the lines and zones associated with the ACFL and I-EBL and their ZOSs, though final authority for the placement of markers rests with the IFOR Commander. The lines and zones are defined by the maps and documents agreed to by the parties and not by the physical location of the markers.

The parties agree to binding arbitration of the disputed portion of the I-EBL in the Brcko area. Within 6 months of the signing of the agreement, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska will each appoint one arbitrator and mutually agree on the selection of a third arbitrator within 30 days. Failing that, the President of the International Court of Justice will appoint the third arbitrator.

The arbitrators will issue a final and binding decision within 1 year from the signing of the agreement that the parties implement without delay.

Upon the Agreement Entering Into Force

Within 6 Months (14 June)

Within 1 Year (13 December)


UNCLASSIFIED

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