ZAGREB, July 31 (Hina) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said on Thursday it had completed answers to all agriculture-related questions from the European Commission questionnaire. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bozidar
Pankretic told a press conference that his ministry had answered about 800 questions, or 15-20 percent of all the questions from the questionnaire. He added that the answers would be sent for translation next week. The ministry was in charge of answering the questions from chapters on agriculture and fisheries, while the questions from chapters on free movement of goods, industrial policy, protection of the environment and financial control were prepared in cooperation with other bodies. Pankretic stressed the importance of the agricultural policy in the European Union, saying that about 50 percent of the overall EU budget and about 40 percent of EU legislation related to
ZAGREB, July 31 (Hina) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
said on Thursday it had completed answers to all agriculture-
related questions from the European Commission questionnaire.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bozidar Pankretic told a press
conference that his ministry had answered about 800 questions, or
15-20 percent of all the questions from the questionnaire. He added
that the answers would be sent for translation next week.
The ministry was in charge of answering the questions from chapters
on agriculture and fisheries, while the questions from chapters on
free movement of goods, industrial policy, protection of the
environment and financial control were prepared in cooperation
with other bodies.
Pankretic stressed the importance of the agricultural policy in the
European Union, saying that about 50 percent of the overall EU
budget and about 40 percent of EU legislation related to this
issue.
Most of the 50 European regulations which Croatia has to adopt in
order to bring its laws into accord with EU standards also refer to
agriculture, the minister said.
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