CROATIAN REPS START TALKS WITH US COMPANY ENRON

WASHINGTON, June 8 (Hina) - A delegation including representatives of the Croatian government and the Croatian Power Industry (HEP) and officials of the US corporation Enron in Houston on Thursday started talks on changes to an agreement on the construction and utilisation of the Jertovec gas power plant, which Croatia and the US company signed last year. The Croatian delegation wants to harmonise the agreement with a programme of reform of Croatia's market of power products, First Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic said before the start of the talks. The Croatian delegation also includes Economy Minister Goranko Fizulic, Fizulic's assistant Roman Nota, HEP director Ivo Covic, Croatia's Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul, and Aleksandar Heina, advisor on economy at the Croatian Embassy. The Enron delegation is headed by the company's vice-president Joe Sutton. The talks, which are held behind closed doors, should be completed by Friday afternoon. Minister Fizulic said previously the Croatian government proposed that the gas power plant Jertovec be one in a series of private power plants and it would therefore suggest to Enron that the agreement be changed so that Jertovec could be given the status of independent power production plant. (hina) rml