In her presentation, Lovrin particularly focused on land registry reform, saying that Croatia had an ambitious plan to resolve all outstanding land registry cases and fully digitise land records by 31 December 2006.
She said that the backlog of cases was partly due to the legacy of the former Yugoslav federation which was founded on so-called social ownership and partly to excessively high taxes on real estate, which discouraged owners from registering their property.
European experts have regularly highlighted judicial reform as being crucial for Croatia's adjustment to the European legal system and insisted on the implementation of an anti-corruption policy.
Croatia was ranked 70th among the 159 countries covered by a Transparency International survey of global corruption for 2005.
Asked about anti-corruption legislation, Lovrin said that corruption was widespread in Croatia but not to the extent suggested by a strong public perception of it, and stressed that the government was working to strengthen the positions of the Public Prosecutor and the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK).
Tomislav Vintar, a member of the Board of the Croatian Finance Agency (FINA), presented the results of the one-stop shop service Hitro.hr, whose purpose is to simplify procedures for starting up a business and facilitate communication with the government.
Vintar said that the results were impressive as 360 firms had been set up since last year using that service. He added that project also eliminated obstacles to foreigners wishing to do business in Croatia.