DANUBE REGION TO BE REINTEGRATED INTO CRO ENERGY SYSTEM BY AUG 15

VUKOVAR, July 15 (Hina) - The UN-administered Danube river region will be reintegrated into the Croatian energy system by August 15, the coordinator of the state-run electric company HEP, Ivan Mravak, said in Vukovar on Tuesday after signing an agreement on the employment of workers with a regional electric company. Mravak told reporters that HEP and the UN Transitional Administration (UNTAES) had signed a declaration in June under which the Croatian power system would be restored in two phases. The first phase, during which the regional power system would be disconnected from that of neighbouring Yugoslavia, should be completed by August 15 and the second by October, until which time two 110 kV power transmission systems and several 35 kV ones should be operational. Mravak said that damage to the electric power installations in the region was estimated at USD 165 million and that repair work would begin next week. (hina) vm 151300 MET jul 97