HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SESSION CALLED FOR 21 JANUARY

( Editorial: --> 4104 ) ZAGREB, 13 January (Hina) - Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Vlatko Pavletic has called the 27th session of the House of Representatives for 21 January. The suggested agenda has 26 items including draft amendments to the value added tax law, suggested by Mato Arlovic and Antun Vujic, representatives of the Social Democratic Party. Among bills to be proposed in the first reading are: a bill on the Government of the Republic of Croatia; draft amendments to the law on special duties on alcohol; and draft amendments to the law governing the rights of Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their families, suggested by representatives of the Social Democratic Party, Slavko Linic and Mato Arlovic. The suggested agenda also includes reports by the Government Auditing Bureau and a half-yearly financial report - from January to June 1997 - by the Croatian National Bank which will also provide a half-yearly report on economic trends. (Hina) mrb, jn (Hina) mrb jn 131532 MET jan 98