Change of the business companies merger status in the light of compliance of Law regulations in the Republic of Srpska with regulations of the European Union

In the paper, the author analyzes the change of the business companies in the Republic of Srpska merger status, that is, the possibilities and ways through which one or more companies can change their structure in order to adapt to market conditions as easily as possible. First of all, the aim of the paper is to display the state of legislative regulations on status changes in the Republic of Srpska and the degree of compliance of this area of commercial law with EU regulations. The author started from the fact that the Law on business companies of the Republic of Srpska from 2008 and subsequent amendments to that Law harmonized this area with community law. In terms of methodology, the paper used the method of analysis, and the comparative method, which achieved a concise observation of the distinctions between the described and analyzed legal regulations. On the basis of the performed analysis, it is concluded that with the adoption of the Law on business companies of the Republic of Srpska, the matter of the status change of the merger has been significantly harmonized with the regulations of the European Union by introducing novelties regarding the modification of the founder's rights of the company that is being terminated, the introduction of auditors and reporting by an independent expert during the merger of companies.