ZAGREB, April 2 (Hina) - The parliamentary majority on Friday adopted a law on the gradual decommissioning of tankers without double plating despite the opposition's request that the vote on the law be postponed until talks with Italy
and Slovenia in Pula were completed, and the government voiced its position on media reports saying that Croatia has given up the declaration of a fishing and ecological zone due to pressure from the two countries.
ZAGREB, April 2 (Hina) - The parliamentary majority on Friday adopted a
law on the gradual decommissioning of tankers without double plating
despite the opposition's request that the vote on the law be postponed
until talks with Italy and Slovenia in Pula were completed, and the
government voiced its position on media reports saying that Croatia
has given up the declaration of a fishing and ecological zone due to
pressure from the two countries.#L#
The opposition was dissatisfied with the government's refusal to
expand the decision on the decommissioning of ships without double
plating to include the fishing and ecological zone. The decision on
the fishing and ecological zone should go into force at the end of
this year.
Warned by the opposition that the the bill would only harm national
interests, parliament speaker Vladimir Seks said that was the
responsibility of the government and the parliamentary majority.
Seventy-seven deputies of the Croatian Democratic Union voted in
favour of the bill, 47 opposition deputies were against and six Social
Democrats abstained from the vote.
(Hina) rml sb