"Negotiations have been intensified and in the coming weeks we expect a decision favourable for Croatia," said Jakovina, who was attending a meeting of EU agriculture ministers and who held bilateral talks with EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan.
"Now we have the Commission's understanding and support and we hope things will move in the positive direction, if not we will sue the European Commission and Slovenia to the European Union Court," Jakovina said.
Slovenia has protected its Teran wine with the protected designation of origin (PDO), which prevents the sale of Croatian Teran under the same name. Croatia says that with the geographical designation, Slovenia has protected the Teran grape variety, which is not allowed.
Croatian Teran vines are grown in the Croatian part of the Istria region, while the wine sold as Teran by Slovenian winemakers is made from grapes of Refosk vines. Croatia sent its objection to that decision and in accordance with its standard practice, the European Commission asked that this issue be resolved bilaterally between Croatia and Slovenia. Since this was not possible, the Commission will now decide on the matter.
The meeting of the EU farming ministers focused on the effects of Russia's embargo on European farming products which has been extended by another 12 months.
Croatia's position is that intervention measures for fruits and vegetables and the dairy sector must be sought out for this year as well, Jakovina said. He added that Croatia did not suffer great direct effects of Russia's embargo, however, indirect effects were huge.
"We used to export 15 million euros in commodities to the Russian market. Our exporters partially found replacement for the Russian market, but indirect effects were big, given that there is a surplus of products on European markets as a result of the embargo, which then knocked down the prices of agricultural products," Jakovina said.