ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - The protest of Croatian farmers which started on Saturday on roads throughout the country will be discontinued and farmers will unblock roads within eight hours, it was said following the signing of an
agreement between Agriculture Minister Ivan Djurkic and the president of the Croatian Farmers' Association (HSS) Ivan Kolar, in Zagreb on Wednesday. According to the document, the Government supports the agreement in principle between wheat producers and processors that the net price of wheat per kilogram for the 1999 yields amount to between 0.95 and 1 kuna (about US$0.13). It was agreed that all immediate claims which are older than 60 days and have to be paid by the state, be paid to producers as soon as possible, and that all future claims be paid within a period of 60 days. It was agreed that the Government and the HSS and other farmers' organisations would set up joint commissions t
ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - The protest of Croatian farmers which
started on Saturday on roads throughout the country will be
discontinued and farmers will unblock roads within eight hours, it
was said following the signing of an agreement between Agriculture
Minister Ivan Djurkic and the president of the Croatian Farmers'
Association (HSS) Ivan Kolar, in Zagreb on Wednesday.
According to the document, the Government supports the agreement in
principle between wheat producers and processors that the net price
of wheat per kilogram for the 1999 yields amount to between 0.95 and
1 kuna (about US$0.13). It was agreed that all immediate claims
which are older than 60 days and have to be paid by the state, be paid
to producers as soon as possible, and that all future claims be paid
within a period of 60 days.
It was agreed that the Government and the HSS and other farmers'
organisations would set up joint commissions to determine the most
appropriate modalities of protection of domestic production from
the import of agricultural products, abiding by World Trade
Organisation regulations.
The two sides also agreed to establish mixed commissions for
monitoring the payment of farmers' claims by economic subjects and
the state.
(hina) rml