SARAJEVO: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HASN'T ADOPTED NEW OIL REGULATIONS

SARAJEVO, Feb 21 (Hina) - The Council of Ministers of Bosnia- Herzegovina has not adopted new regulations on the quality of oil imports but will probably do so in the next 30 days, the Minister of Civil Affairs and Communications, Svetozar Mihajlovic, said in Sarajevo on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, Mihajlovic dismissed claims in some media that the new regulations have already been adopted and will go into force once they are published in the National Gazette. "Such regulations have not been adopted but they will be adopted once the Foreign Trade Ministry prepares an adequate draft," Mihajlovic said. He reiterated the stand of the Council of Ministers that the current oil dispute between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina had been caused by the Croatian government's decision to determine border crossings on the Croatian-Bosnian through which oil imports can enter Bosnia. He said recent meetings on this issue had yielded results and there was a possibility the dispute could be solved to the mutual satisfaction. If this does not happen, Bosnia will introduce new measures, including new standards on the quality of oil imports and new excise taxes on high-tariff imports, Mihajlovic said. (hina) rml ,