SARAJEVO, Jan 21 (Hina) - Bosnian authorities will revoke a decision temporarily restricting the import of oil from Croatia by road as soon as the Croatian government notifies them it will revoke the decree which caused such steps,
the Bosnian Assistant Foreign Minister, Seadeta Ceric, said on Monday. Bosnia's Council of Ministers expects the Croatian government to revoke the contentious decree very soon, based on recommendations from oil experts, Ceric said at a meeting with oil dealers. She confirmed all import of oil by tanks from Croatia was discontinued on Sunday. By introducing the decree Croatia attempted to gain its manufacturers and businessmen monopoly over oil, using ecology as a mere excuse, Ceric said, stating the same standards were not envisaged for domestic and foreign hauliers. She maintains the road transport of oil does not have much of a future, requiring
SARAJEVO, Jan 21 (Hina) - Bosnian authorities will revoke a
decision temporarily restricting the import of oil from Croatia by
road as soon as the Croatian government notifies them it will revoke
the decree which caused such steps, the Bosnian Assistant Foreign
Minister, Seadeta Ceric, said on Monday.
Bosnia's Council of Ministers expects the Croatian government to
revoke the contentious decree very soon, based on recommendations
from oil experts, Ceric said at a meeting with oil dealers. She
confirmed all import of oil by tanks from Croatia was discontinued
on Sunday.
By introducing the decree Croatia attempted to gain its
manufacturers and businessmen monopoly over oil, using ecology as a
mere excuse, Ceric said, stating the same standards were not
envisaged for domestic and foreign hauliers.
She maintains the road transport of oil does not have much of a
future, requiring a more economical and ecologically more
acceptable solution instead.
The assistant managing director of Bosnia's Railways, Hamdija
Sadic, said the Bosnian rail system was completely equipped for the
transport of oil and oil products and more cost-effective than road
transport.
Most small oil distributors are concerned about the possible
monopoly of Bosnia's Energopetrol and Croatia's INA on Bosnian
territory. They maintain it is very important to keep Slovenia's
Petrol as a Bosnian oil supplier as it not only prevents the
monopoly of others but offers the best fuel.
Yugoslav suppliers will soon appear on the market as well, based on
a recently signed free trade agreement between Sarajevo and
Belgrade which goes into force in March.
The small distributors advocate making the oil refinery in Bosanski
Brod wholly operational as soon as possible as its technology and
capacity can meet Bosnia's needs in full.
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