CROATIAN OIL COMPANY TO OPEN PIPELINE TO SERBIA FOR TRIAL PERIOD

ZAGREB, June 21 (Hina) - The Croatian oil company "Adriatic Oil Pipeline" (JANAF) has agreed with the Serbian "Jugopetrol" oil inustry to open an oil pipeline between Croatia and Serbia for a trial period, JANAF director Ante Cicin-Sain said on Friday. During the trial period, 100,000 tons of oil would be transported to detect possible flaws in the pipeline connecting Omisalj, on the northern Adriatic island of Krk, to the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, Cicin-Sain told Hina. The oil would flow to Novi Sad after a tanker arrived in the port of Omis with oil bought by "Jugopetrol", he said. Cicin-Sain said that the two companies would continue talks on the question of JANAF's property confiscated during the Serb occupation of areas of Croatia through which the oil pipeline passed. (hina) vm jn 211552 MET jun 96