ZAGREB, Sept 12 (Hina) - The Instruction on Customs Duties, which radically limits the import of duty-free groceries for personal use, will yield only short-term results, Croatian President Stipe Mesic said Tuesday. At a press
conference held after his talks with the head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDS) and former Slovene Prime Minister, Janez Drnovsek, Mesic said the government's decision would not yield long-term results and would be counter-productive if implemented over a long-term period. The decision is most probably to yield results if implemented over a short-term period, therefore the Government has decided to introduce such a measure, Mesic added. The measure was announced on Sunday by the Croatian Finance Ministry as an Instruction on Customs Duties. According to the instruction, imports for personal use refer to one kilogram of detergent, coffee and sugar each, and one litre of oil, n
ZAGREB, Sept 12 (Hina) - The Instruction on Customs Duties, which
radically limits the import of duty-free groceries for personal
use, will yield only short-term results, Croatian President Stipe
Mesic said Tuesday.
At a press conference held after his talks with the head of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDS) and former Slovene Prime Minister,
Janez Drnovsek, Mesic said the government's decision would not
yield long-term results and would be counter-productive if
implemented over a long-term period.
The decision is most probably to yield results if implemented over a
short-term period, therefore the Government has decided to
introduce such a measure, Mesic added.
The measure was announced on Sunday by the Croatian Finance
Ministry as an Instruction on Customs Duties. According to the
instruction, imports for personal use refer to one kilogram of
detergent, coffee and sugar each, and one litre of oil, non-
alcoholic drinks, etc. For all products exceeding this quantity
limit, customs duties and Value Added Tax will be paid even if the
overall value of imported goods does not exceed 300 kuna, which is
the allowed value of goods which can be imported without customs
duties and VAT. The measure went into force Monday.
Asked to comment on claims published in Croatia's weekly
"Nacional", according to which the Interior Ministry is about to
press charges against former heads of the Constitutional Order
Protection Service (SZUP) and the Intelligence Service (SIS), as
well as the Croatian consule in the southern Bosnia-Hezegovina town
of Mostar, because they allegedly hid war crime suspects belonging
to a so-called "Ahmici Group", Mesic said he expected institutions
of the Croatian state to start functioning and all those involved in
crimes to undergo criminal prosecution.
Anyhow, all those who had any knowledge of this should have acted,
and given that they failed to do so, they will be brought to justice,
said the Croatian President.
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