ZAGREB, April 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday formulated a draft decision on the country's division into four military districts. The decision, formulated at the closed part of today's session, will be adopted by the
President of the Republic, the government's public relations office said in a statement.
ZAGREB, April 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday
formulated a draft decision on the country's division into four
military districts. The decision, formulated at the closed part of
today's session, will be adopted by the President of the Republic,
the government's public relations office said in a statement. #L#
The decision envisages the establishment of four land troops corps,
with command offices in Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split, as well as
a land troops command in Karlovac, a navy command in Split, and an
air force and anti-aircraft defence command in Zagreb.
The government also formulated a draft decision on the size,
organisation and mobilisation development of the Croatian Armed
Forces. The Armed Forces will consist of 21,000 active military
personnel, 4,000 public servants, 8,000 conscripts, and 109,000
reserve forces (of whom 32,360 will be on the primary and 76,640 on
the secondary alert level).
The government adopted a report on an implementation plan on the
removal of obstacles to investments (a so-called FIAS study),
concluding that the plan was being implemented well, however, it
stressed the need for ministries to respect deadlines.
The Croatian government and the Foreign Investment Advisory
Service (FIAS), a joint service of the International Financial
Corporation and the World Bank, have drawn up a joint study on the
official procedures which an average investor (foreign or
domestic) must go though when opening a company or starting a
business in Croatia. The study provides suggestions which should
facilitate the implementation of institutional reforms and reforms
in the legal system, as well as facilitate efforts to improve and
simplify administrative procedures.
Last year the government bound all bodies of state administration
(with a decision on measures aimed at harmonising domestic
legislation with acquis communautaire) to adjust all draft
regulations with acquis communautaire starting on December 1,
2001, and to have the adjustment of those regulations confirmed by
the European Integration Ministry.
So far, the Ministry has received 258 such requests, which the
government described as satisfactory, however, it was stressed
that the ministries should respect the set deadlines in the
process.
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