BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4853 HINA Zagreb, 3 January 2003

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4853 HINA Zagreb, 3 January 2003 GOVT. SETS UP COMMITTEE TO PREPARE POPE'S VISIT TO CROATIAZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - At its first session this year, the government on Friday authorised Vice Premier Slavko Linic and Finance Minister Mato Crkvenac to sign a letter of intent and a memorandum on economic and financial policy between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The government founded a committee for preparing and covering the visit of Pope John Paul II to Croatia, and put Vice Premier Goran Granic at the helm. Linic and Crkvenac explained to reporters today's decision to establish an annual financial reports register. Its goal, they said, is to unify all data about the business of companies in Croatia at one site. The register would incorporate some 80,000 profit-making companies, while non-profit ones (schools, associations) would not be included in the register. The register would be made public, with compa