The Commission is acquainted with reports on the publication of a map as a section of the new Croatian rule book on fisheries. We understand that the map contains note that the presented boundary is provisional until the final border demarcation, the office said in a statement.
It also recalls that in November 2009 Croatia and Slovenia signed a border arbitration agreement which recently took effect.
The bilateral international agreement provides for the appropriate framework for settling the border issue, it added.
Slovenia has delivered to Croatia a protest note over Croatia's new regulations on fishing area boundaries in the Croatian Adriatic. The Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has already informed the public that the new regulations do not prejudge the border solution.