GOVT ADOPTS DRAFT CHANGES TO ITS RULE BOOK, DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL TAXATION BILL

ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Hina) - At the closed part of Thursday session, the Croatian Government discussed a draft general taxation bill, which it forwarded to the ministries of finance and justice for revision, the Government's public relations office said in a statement. The government adopted draft changes to its Rule Book, which regulate the work of senior government officials. The draft envisages that senior government officials will have to consider draft system bills and programme materials which change important elements of the system before including them into agendas, as well as that agendas, invitations and materials will have to be sent to government members a week before the session at the latest. This decision is part of efforts to make the government's work more efficient. The government approved the opening of a Turkish general consulate in Dubrovnik and a Maltese general consulate in Zagreb. The government also accepted a proposal by the Foreign Ministry that Spomenka Cek, coordinator for cooperation between Croatia and the South-East European Cooperation Initiative, be relieved of duty and Zeljko Kupresak appointed coordinator, the statement said. (hina) rml