In today's press release, the ministry announced the appointment of a commission which will estimate the project's impact on the environment and said that the commission would be given enough time to make an assessment.
The ministry said it replied to Eko-Kvarner that it would put only a summary of the study on its web site because the study consists of 251 pages and 81 annexes about 1,500 pages long. It added it would open a new web site to present the entire study if the commission decided so.
Ministry spokeswoman Kata Gojevic said there existed a legal provision stipulating that upon examination by the commission, the entire study should be made available for public debates throughout the country.
The Druzba Adria project envisages the transport of oil by pipeline from Russia across six countries to the Croatian seaport of Omisalj.
Eko-Kvarner is against the project, maintaining that tankers would pose a threat to the ecosystem in the Adriatic with their ballast water.