ZAGREB, March 13 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Tuesday submitted two amendments to the Law on the Rights of Croatian Veterans, one extending the deadline for the privileged import of vehicles from May 1 to June 1 and the other
extending the right to a one-time privileged import of vehicles for the families of killed soldiers. Under these amendments, 100 percent disabled war veterans would keep the right to be granted a car by the War Veterans' Ministry every seventh year, said War Veterans' Minister Ivica Pancic explaining the amendments at today's session of the lower house. He said that disabled war veterans from the 2nd to 4th category of injuries to their lower extremities would, depending on the degree of their injury, have the right to import vehicles without paying customs tariffs, excise taxes and Value Added Tax (VAT). Many irregularities have occurred in the allocation of 360,000 benefits whereas the number of
ZAGREB, March 13 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Tuesday
submitted two amendments to the Law on the Rights of Croatian
Veterans, one extending the deadline for the privileged import of
vehicles from May 1 to June 1 and the other extending the right to a
one-time privileged import of vehicles for the families of killed
soldiers.
Under these amendments, 100 percent disabled war veterans would
keep the right to be granted a car by the War Veterans' Ministry
every seventh year, said War Veterans' Minister Ivica Pancic
explaining the amendments at today's session of the lower house.
He said that disabled war veterans from the 2nd to 4th category of
injuries to their lower extremities would, depending on the degree
of their injury, have the right to import vehicles without paying
customs tariffs, excise taxes and Value Added Tax (VAT).
Many irregularities have occurred in the allocation of 360,000
benefits whereas the number of war veterans is about 250,000,
Pancic said, adding import benefits had been granted even to
secretaries and cleaners at the Interior Ministry.
The cancellation of these benefits is overshadowing changes to the
Law under which soldiers and the families of killed, imprisoned and
missing soldiers would be exempt from paying VAT on machines and
equipment for economic and private businesses, Pancic said.
After it ends a debate on these changes, the lower house should vote
tonight on a final bill on civil servants, which would decrease by
ten percent their wage budget, which is paid from the state budget.
Today's decisions of the lower house, i.e. its adopting or
rejecting of the government proposals, will determine whether the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) will grant Croatia a 'stand by'
arrangement next week.
(hina) sb rml,