CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES PROPERTY LAW

ZAGREB, Oct 2 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted on 24 items on the agenda that had been discussed in the last two weeks. Parliament unanimously passed the Property Law, marking a definitive break with socially-owned property from the Communist era and adjusting the Croatian legal system to the European. With a majority of the vote, Parliament also adopted the Business Premises Leasing Law which stipulates that business premises owned by the state and legal entities should be leased by a public competition. Priority would be given to disabled war veterans and other war victims if they meet competition requirements. The lower house passed laws ratifying bilateral agreements on the consolidation of payment of the foreign debt to Paris Club member states, as well as a law by which Croatia regulates its obligations towards the London Club of commercial banks. (hina) vm mm 021342 MET oct 96