CRO PAYMENT SYSTEM TO BE INTRODUCED IN DANUBIAN AREA BY JAN 15

ZAGREB, Dec 9 (Hina) - The Croatian payment system should become effective in UN-administered eastern Croatia by January 15 next year, the president of the coordination committee of public companies, Ivan Majdak, said on Monday. "The National Bank of Croatia has assumed the responsibility for introducing the Croatian payment system into the Danube river region by January 15," Majdak said after a meeting of the coordination committee in Zagreb. Speaking of the reintegration of local public companies into the Croatian system, Majdak said that it had been agreed with the UN Transitional Administration in the region that Croatian public companies should work out a reintegration plan in the next seven days. In the Eastern Slavonian town of Erdut last Monday, it was agreed that agricultural companies from the region would deliver lists of their employees and assets to step up the process of their association with Croatian companies. Majdak expressed a hope that the Vinkovci-Tovarnik railway line would be opened in the next few days. "The Croatian section of the railway is ready for opening, but there are some unresolved issues with Yugoslav Railways," he said. (hina) vm mm 091320 MET dec 96