Under the new law, police officers are not allowed to be members of political parties or to run in local and state elections.
The Police Act was adopted in fast-track procedure as it was a benchmark for the provisional closing of the Judiciary and Fundamental Rights negotiating area in Croatia's European Union accession negotiations.
Also adopted were amendments to legislation on the prevention of rioting at sport events. The police can impose a ban on a sport event if the venue is not adequately equipped for that purpose. The events will have to be stopped in the event of larger-scale unlawful behaviour.
The guarantee fund law was passed with a majority vote. The one-billion-kuna fund will be established to help the economic recovery, with the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development putting up collateral against entrepreneurial loans issued by commercial banks for creating new jobs and the completion of ongoing investment projects. The collateral will amount to 30 percent of the capital sum of the loan, with the upper limit being HRK 50 million. Banks will take part in auctions for collateral quota, and the loans will be given for a minimum of 20 months and a maximum of 15 years. Entrepreneurs, interested in such loans, should contact commercial banks, while the HBOR is tasked with monitoring how the loan money is spent.
New legislation on co-operatives was also adopted.
Amendments to the maternity and parental leave and benefits law were passed too, in order to align this legislation with the European Union acquis communautaire in the negotiating chapter No. 19, "Social Policy and Employment". The amendments provide for extending mandatory maternity leave from 70 to 98 days.
The law on a e-register of public sector employees was adopted in fast-track procedure.
The Croatian parliament ratified a bilateral agreement with Macedonia on cooperation in protection against natural and industrial disasters.
Also ratified was the Croatian-Russian agreement on cooperation in protection against natural and industrial disasters and in efforts to remove their consequences.
MPs ratified a memorandum on debt clearance between Albania and former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
MPs will be notified subsequently about the date of the 23rd parliamentary session.