ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said Monday that if Croatia and Slovenia failed to reach an understanding on a signed agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant, there still remained the possibility of
international arbitration.
ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said
Monday that if Croatia and Slovenia failed to reach an
understanding on a signed agreement on the Krsko nuclear power
plant, there still remained the possibility of international
arbitration. #L#
"Arbitration remains a legal possibility and we are counting on it
all this time if the two countries fail to reach an understanding on
the signed agreement and on compensating Croatia for damages which
Croatia is right to demand, because it has not been receiving
electricity since July 1, 2002," Racan told Croatian Radio.
The Croatian parliament ratified the agreement on the Krsko nuclear
power plant on July 3, while the Slovene parliament did so
recently.
The Slovene side has said it will forward a diplomatic note on the
ratification, with a reservation by Slovene members of a joint
commission for Krsko, who said that they were bound in the
implementation of the agreement by a European convention which cuts
deadlines for the storage of radioactive waste as opposed to
deadlines stipulated by the agreement.
Asked whether the Slovene note with the announced reserve could be
interpreted as a possibility that the implementation of the
agreement might be put on hold and prevent Croatia to initiate
arbitration proceedings, the prime minister said that a pre-
arbitration process had been started and there was always the
possibility of arbitration.
Without some other solution, it is logical to start arbitration
proceedings, Racan said.
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