Addressing deputies in the Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives, Sarovic warned that new authorities in Bosnia will also be faced with the European Commission's demands to allow the unlimited import of milk and that the bloc could make the entire Stabilisation and Association Agreement conditional on that.
"Following Croatia's EU admission, Bosnia kept in place the protection measures for the milk market and today they amount to 10% of the import price plus 0.25 or 0.15, namely 0.10 convertible marks, depending on the percentage of fat," Sarovic told the deputies when asked what Bosnia would do after the EU has lifted milk quotas.
The Bosnian Council of Minister has introduced the protection measures for the milk import in order to protect the national production from imports which the authorities assessed as excessive.
The exports of milk producers from Bosnian and Herzegovina in the past had mostly been oriented towards Croatia, however after Croatia joined the bloc they lost this market as they failed to meet the criteria prescribed by the European Union.
So far, the EU has allowed Bosnia to place on its market only fresh fish, honey and raw leather, while the possibility of exporting potatoes should be opened soon.