JMBG is abolished: Because of the European Union, BiH has to introduce the OIB instead of the ID number

Due to the misuse or illegal processing of a unique identification number and for the protection of personal data of citizens, BiH will have to pass a law at the state level for the purpose of joining the EU, introducing a unique identification number, such as in Croatia, for example, the OIB.

The application of a Personal Identification Number (OIB), a unique identifier for citizens and businesses, occurs for political and technical reasons, despite warnings that the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data is repeatedly in its reports.

Unlike the previous unique ID number (JMBG), which consists of 13 digits, or the number of companies, which contains seven digits, the OIB would, like in Croatia, contain 11 digits, the 10 digits that come by random selection and one that serves as a control number.

EU requirements, as well as international regulations, require the protection of personal data of citizens and the introduction of unified national level identification that limits the number of digits in the identification number to 12.

• 18 Sep, 2017
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