CARS OF CROATIAN DANUBE REGION MUST HAVE CRO LICENCE PLATES AS OF SATURDAY

SATURDAY ( Editorial: --> 7366 ) VUKOVAR, Nov 1 (Hina) - All cars of the Croatian Danube region must have Croatian licence plates as of Saturday, 1 November. In accordance with Croatian regulations, the Transitional Police Force will punish local drivers who do not install Croatian licence plates, the UN Transitional Administration for the region (UNTAES)has warned. Almost all cars in the Croatian Danube region have had illegal plates of the self-proclaimed republic of 'Serb krajina' to date. Some drivers, however, have set legal Croatian plates in recent days, following the UNTAES frequent calls to do so. Since 3 June this year, cars of this Croatian region could be registered according to Croatian rules. If drivers wanted to get Croatian licence plates from that date to 15 September they had to pay only a quarter of the mandatory insurance on cars. (hina) mš 011010 MET nov 97