The adoption of the law, which is part of a set of laws regulating the public radio and television network, is one of the conditions on which the European Commission insists before it gives a go-ahead for the start of negotiations with Bosnia on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA).
Under the new laws, the Radio and Television of Bosnia-Herzegovina is bound to broadcast programmes taking into account the equal use of the three official languages and two scripts in the country.
Croat members of parliament on Monday again insisted on amending the law to introduce three separate channels, each broadcasting programmes in the Croatian, Serb and Bosnian language, explaining that this was the only way to guarantee protection for rights stemming from the country's constitution.
Officials of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) have already announced that they will contest the laws on the public broadcasting company and the public radio and television network before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.