LJUBLJANA, Jan 29 (Hina) - The Slovene authorities on Tuesday again brought in question a Croatian decree on the transit of oil, asking why the decree was justified by ecological reasons when there are substances even more hazardous
than oil on roads. An inspector at the Ljubljana police department, Alojz Habic, told the Slovene Radio it was questionable why Croatia was referring to ecological hazard in insisting on corridors when more dangerous substances than oil and oil products were found on roads. A regular international procedure of decreasing eco-dangers in road traffic, according to Habic, includes traffic signs which on certain places can ban the traffic of oil cisterns, vehicles carrying explosive substances or all vehicles carrying hazardous matter, which has not been done by the decree. Habic said Slovenia, in case its counter-measures included banning vehicles without catalytic converters from the
LJUBLJANA, Jan 29 (Hina) - The Slovene authorities on Tuesday again
brought in question a Croatian decree on the transit of oil, asking
why the decree was justified by ecological reasons when there are
substances even more hazardous than oil on roads.
An inspector at the Ljubljana police department, Alojz Habic, told
the Slovene Radio it was questionable why Croatia was referring to
ecological hazard in insisting on corridors when more dangerous
substances than oil and oil products were found on roads.
A regular international procedure of decreasing eco-dangers in
road traffic, according to Habic, includes traffic signs which on
certain places can ban the traffic of oil cisterns, vehicles
carrying explosive substances or all vehicles carrying hazardous
matter, which has not been done by the decree.
Habic said Slovenia, in case its counter-measures included banning
vehicles without catalytic converters from the traffic, could not
refer to the Vienna convention on road traffic as it does not
mention vehicles with or without catalytic converters.
(hina) np sb