ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has said he is very satisfied with the successful completion of negotiations between Croatia and the European Commission on Protocol VII which regulates the technical
adjustment in trade with agricultural products.
ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has said
he is very satisfied with the successful completion of negotiations
between Croatia and the European Commission on Protocol VII which
regulates the technical adjustment in trade with agricultural
products.#L#
"Croatia's delegation has, first of all, taken into account interests
of the Croatian economy, placing the equal importance on all three
main sectors which were the topics of the negotiations: primary
agricultural products, food products and fish and fish products,"
Sanader told a news conference in Zagreb on Friday.
The PM said that at the start of the negotiations Croatia set as its
objective that import quotas for 15 EU members and new members with
which Croatia had bilateral free trade agreements should not exceed
the sum of the then valid quotas.
Croatia has accomplished this objective, and for no product the import
quota will be higher than previous ones, Sanader said adding that
quotas were considerably reduced for a number of food item, including
milk, cheese, apples or mineral water.
In addition, quotas for Croatian exports in 25 members of the EU zone
will be increased, including for sensitive issues such as the export
of wine and fish. Thus, the export of young beef remains at the same
level, Sanader said.
Ten countries which will enter the Union on 1 May, have together a
market of 80 million inhabitants.
(Hina) ms