KONS (Serbo-Croatian: Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika Bosne i Hercegovine), is Bosnia and Herzegovina commission (agency) which declares and registers national heritage monuments/sites, including natural/urban/architectural assembles, immovable and movable heritage of historical and cultural importance to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an institution at state level.

In accordance to Annex 8 of Dayton Agreement and Act concerning the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed by Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina at 119. session from December 21, 2001, KONS is an institution at state level which declares and registers national heritage monuments/sites, including natural/urban/architectural assembles, immovable and movable heritage of historical and cultural importance to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[3][4] Act was issued by Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Službeni glasnik BiH), No.

However, since 2016 three native members of the Commission are picked on the basis of their ethnicity (Bosniak, Croat and Serb), and regardless of their prior or current political engagements, which could prove to be controversial.

[6] Regulation of conduct and procedures in a framework of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina are as stipulated in most recent Act of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from May 26, 2016 - under principal provisions, methodology, procedures, cooperation with institutions and official bodies, transparency, and final articles.

The Rules of Procedure regulate the modus operandi of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, including internal dynamics and the decision-making process of Proceedings.

The set of rules and guidelines was established by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, at the session held between 7 and 11 May 2002.

[12] Article 35 stipulates that a petition for the designation of property as a national monument needs to be submitted to the Commission.

The petition have a format determined by the Commission according to the type of property and is published in the official gazettes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, both entities and District Brčko.

2/02 and 27/02) stipulates that all properties on the Provisional List are to be regarded as national monuments until the Commission adopts a final decision.

All final decisions of the Commission are published in the official gazettes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including those of entities and Brčko District.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a signatory of International conventions and contracts in the field of cultural heritage,[16] such as:

Heritage) is the official yearbook or the annual of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which publishes scholarly articles in the field of heritage protection, history, history of art, archaeology, architecture and culture.

[17] Act to establish commission was issued by Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Službeni glasnik BiH), No.

The final decisions of the Commission on designation of monuments are published in the official gazettes of Bosnia and Herzegovina.