The issuance of biometric passports for diplomats and office-holders will start this July, and general public will begin getting biometric passports as of the start of 2010.
The cabinet of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader also adopted a national employment plan for 2009 and 2010 aimed at increasing labour supply and facilitating investments into human resources.
The plan should improve flexibility of workers and companies.
A total of HRK 520 million will be allocated to this purpose, with the Croatian Employment Office spending HRK 130 million on training and self-employment of job-seekers.
An additional EUR 20 million will be ensured through the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA) of the European Union for the development of human resources.
In this context, Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec said that unemployment began decreasing in April.
The number of the jobless fell by 2,490 in April from March, he said adding that "this is a consequence of the start of the tourist season but this data certainly makes us happy".
The Sanader cabinet sent into parliamentary procedure ten draft acts it brought into line with the EU standards.
One of the draft acts from that package regulates more efficient water management system.
Water Management Minister Petar Cobankovic said the law would make it impossible for the Croatian water infrastructure to be privatised.
The government also proposed amendments to the law regulating consumer loans envisaging that approval from the Finance Ministry should be required for the issuance of such type of loans in some cases.
In addition, consumers will be allowed to terminate with no explanation the loan within 14 days of signing the contract.