BILL ON COOPERATION WITH HAGUE TRIBUNAL TABLED FOR PARLIAMENTARY P

P $ ROCEDURE ZAGREB, April 5 (Hina) - At the beginning of today's Government session, the ministers observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of Wednesday's US plane crash near Dubrovnik: the US Commerce Secretary, Ronald Brown, his associates and reporter Niksa Antonini. #L# The Government approved the final version of a Constitutional Bill on Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal and tabled it for parliamentary procedure. "Under the bill, Croatia shall transfer some of its constitutional powers to the International Criminal Tribunal, which will ensure an effective cooperation with that international organisation," Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic said. The bill covers all the aspects of Croatia's cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, from modes of communication to the extradition of suspects. The Government approved 30 million kunas' worth of emergency interest-free loans for the buy-out of livestock and agricultural produce from domestic producers. This is the first step toward implementing a package of measures aimed at stimulating domestic agricultural production, the Agriculture Minister said. (hina) mm as 051229 MET apr 96