ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday amended the Law on Trade regulating work on Sundays. The law will go into force on January 1, 2004.
ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday
amended the Law on Trade regulating work on Sundays. The law will go
into force on January 1, 2004. #L#
The parliament adopted the amendment tabled by the Social
Democratic Party (SDP) under which only one grocery shop in an area
populated by 5,000 inhabitants will be allowed to work on Sundays.
Also adopted was the Law on Access to Information, which makes it
possible for all legal entities and natural persons to obtain,
within a reasonable time, full and accurate information about the
work of state administration bodies.
Under the amendments to the Law on Distraint, distraint proceedings
from now on will not be conducted only by courts but also by
notaries-public. The amendments are expected to prevent abuse of
procedural laws and procrastination of legal proceedings.
In the last week before its dissolution, the parliament also
adopted the Law on State Border Control, under which one kilometre
of the state border will be controlled by one police officer in line
with the EU Schengen border regime. Three billion kuna will be
invested and about 5,000 police officers will be employed in order
to ensure that these standards are in place by 2008.
The parliament adopted a report on the work of the government on the
European Commission questionnaire. On the basis of the answers to
the questionnaire, the European Commission will prepare an opinion
on Croatia's candidacy for European Union membership next spring.
The parliament also adopted a number of laws that had been adjusted
to EU legislation, including laws on patents, industrial design,
and stamps and seals, as well as laws ratifying international
treaties.
The parliament endorsed a report by the National Auditing Agency on
audits of privatisation projects from November 2002 to May 2003.
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