Construction and Zoning Minister Branko Bacic said that the supplement would also simplify the procedure of announcing tenders for construction in the coastal belt.
The government also proposed draft amendments to the pension insurance law and the law regulating pension bonuses so that such bonuses may be included into pension payments.
Economy and Labour Minister Djuro Popijac said that bonuses, which had so far been paid separately from pensions, ranged between 4% and 27% of the pension. In July this year there were some 300,000 beneficiaries who used bonuses of up to HRK 351 per month, he added.
As of 2012, bonuses would be included into pensions, Popijac said, adding that the practice of separation of payment of bonuses and pensions caused differences among pension recipients. He said that social partners, including pensioners' representatives, had agreed with the merger of bonuses with pensions.
The government today adopted a report on the course of Croatia's negotiations with the European Union during the Hungarian EU presidency from 1 January to 30 June 2011 and the report will be presented to the national parliament.