State Regulatory Agency for Radiation Safety and Nuclear Safety is established with the purpose of performing administrative and professional operations in the field of ionising radiation. In line with the Act and other regulations, the Agency independently perform regulatory control over safety of radiation sources, radioactive waste safety, and transportation safety. The Agency is an independent administrative organisation and execute its authorisations under direct supervision of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Seat of the Agency is in Sarajevo. As a part of the Agency, regional offices are established in the Republic of Srpska Entity, with the Seat in Banja Luka, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity, with the Seat in Mostar.

The Agency is financed from the Budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions, and from independent sources.

The Agency have the authority to:

- define the policy in the field of radiation safety and nuclear safety, the principles of safety, and appropriate criteria as the basis for its regulatory actions;

prepare and issue regulations and instructions, which constitute the basis for its regulatory action; - define radiation exposures excluded from the scope of regulations, based on the fact of those not being the subject of regulatory control;

-define and implement procedures for notification, authorisation, inspection, enforcement of regulatory requirements;

-demand from each operator to perform safety assessment;

-enter the premises or the facility, at any time, in order to perform state inspection of safety of radiation sources;

-issue, amend, suspend or deprive, and set the terms for authorisations for import, export, production, purchase, receipt, possession, storage, usage, transit, transportation, maintenance, recycling and final disposal, as well as any other activity related to the sources of ionising radiation;

-issue, amend, suspend or deprive approvals to technical services for protection against radiation;

-define exclusions and exemptions with regards to possession and usage of sources of radiation, and issue an adequate document for the purpose;

-undertake appropriate measures in the case of emergency event or nuclear accident;

-establish and maintain the State Register of sources of ionising radiation and persons exposed to ionising radiation, as well as of issued permits;

-cooperate with other administrative bodies and other institutions with respect to the scope of work of the Agency;

-define appropriate methods to disseminate public information on the issues pertaining to ionising radiation;

-define the proposal of the amount of fees for the issuing of the authorisation, i.e. approval; shall not be concerned with the collection;

-cooperate with other states’ agencies (illegible – translator’s note) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and with other relevant international organisations;

-it is the State partner to the International Atomic Energy Agency;

-represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the international level with respect to the issues in the field of radiation safety and nuclear safety;

-in cooperation with relevant state agencies, undertake required measures pertaining to the safety of radioactive and nuclear substances; and to ask from other competent bodies to perform monitoring inside the country and in required inspection locations, with the purpose of revealing the source, which are not under regulatory inspection;

-to be prepared to assist in emergency situations and react in line with the state action plan for emergency situations;

-define official arrangements with other relevant agencies involved in the regulatory process;

-provide opinions and recommendations with respect to accession to international conventions, as well as recommendations for adoption of other international documents in the field of radiation safety and nuclear safety;

-implement obligations assumed by Bosnia and Herzegovina in line with the international conventions and bilateral agreements pertaining to radiation safety and nuclear safety, and application of protection measures for the purpose of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.