ZAGREB, Dec 31 (Hina) - Nine sessions and 89 working days, 125 laws and as many other acts passed are the results of the Croatian parliament's work in 2002.
ZAGREB, Dec 31 (Hina) - Nine sessions and 89 working days, 125 laws
and as many other acts passed are the results of the Croatian
parliament's work in 2002. #L#
According to the number of adopted laws, parliament fell short in
comparison to last year, when some 50 more laws were passed.
However, the laws adopted this year significantly determined the
development of certain parts of the economy and society.
The parliament adopted a set of military laws crucial for the reform
of the armed forces, reformed the subsidy system in agriculture,
passed a set of laws important for the development of the banking
sector and the securities market, and amended several tax laws.
The laws passed in 2002 created preconditions for the privatisation
of Croatia's largest state-owned companies -- oil company Ina and
power utility company HEP.
MPs also passed a Constitutional Law on the Rights of National
Minorities, as well as a law which regulates the legal position of
religious communities.
The outgoing year was also marked by several parliamentary
strategies and resolutions, including the Resolution on Croatia's
Joining the European Union.
The parliament passed strategies for defence and national
security, energy development and environmental protection, and
agriculture and fishing, as well as a national programme on
combating corruption.
The year 2002 in parliament will also be remembered for the decision
to send 44 Croatian soldiers to Afghanistan in a peace mission, the
first one under arms.
Since January 3, 2000, when the ruling coalition came into power,
the parliament passed 457 laws (with 122 of them ratifying various
international acts), and about 380 various other acts
(resolutions, declarations, electoral decisions, appointments,
etc.)
The parliament will begin its new season with a novelty --
electronic voting.
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