ZAGREB, Sept 11 (Hina) - Croatia will have to earmark 3.3 billion kuna (approx. 0.44 billion euros) from 2004 to 2009 for the enforcement of a proposed Border Act, which was forwarded by the government into parliamentary procedure on
Thursday.
ZAGREB, Sept 11 (Hina) - Croatia will have to earmark 3.3 billion
kuna (approx. 0.44 billion euros) from 2004 to 2009 for the
enforcement of a proposed Border Act, which was forwarded by the
government into parliamentary procedure on Thursday. #L#
The number of police officers should rise from 3,580, as planned to
be employed in 2004, to 9,000 until 2009.
Introducing the bill, Interior Minister Sime Lucin described it as
one of the more expensive government projects.
He informed the government that countries joining the European
Union would have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to
provide border crossings with equipment and other facilities.
Lucin added that the bill would make it possible for police, besides
customs officers, to conduct searches at border crossings.
The bill regulates issues such as border control, protection of the
borderline, and conditions in which border police can act in the
interior of the country.
Incorporating Schengen standards into this bill, Croatia meets
prerequisites for joining the Schengen regime of border control.
The bill is part of a set of laws which Croatia is adjusting to the EU
legislation.
Other bills in the set refer to copyrights, the recognition of
diplomas from foreign universities, artificial fertilisers, etc.
(hina) ms