BAN OF VEHICLES WITH HERZEG-BOSNIAN LICENSE PLATES NOT RESPECTED -

( Editorial: --> 8400 ) SARAJEVO, June 2 (Hina) - UN spokesman in Sarajevo Aleksandar Ivanko said Tuesday that police in parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina under Croat control and Croatian border police do not respect the decision of the International High Representative that vehicles without unified Bosnian registration plates should be forbidden to cross the Bosnia-Herzegovina border as of June 1. Ivanko told reporters that international police have been deployed on border crossings between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They noticed that police from both sides of the border allow vehicles with Herzeg-Bosnian registration plates to cross the border. He announced that the UN Mission would forward a complaint to the Executive Committee of the Council for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement. Ivanko also said that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) received information that in Bosnian Federation municipalities with Croat majority new registration plates were being issued at a price of DM50 instead of the earlier agreed price of DM15. Also, local police stations continue issuing invalid drivers' permits which look different from what has been decided on by the Office of the international High Representative. According to IPTF information, 713,000 vehicles have been registered in Bosnia-Herzegovina and about 200,000 pairs of unified registration plates have been issued. (hina) lml 021821 MET jun 98