PARLIAMENT'S LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO MARITIME CODE

ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives adopted this afternoon the law on cheque forbidding physical and legal persons to issue cash vouchers without the approval of the Croatian National Bank's governor. By that law, companies will be not allowed to pay their employees a part of their wages in cash vouchers. The House also adopted amendments to the law on electric power industry, which are the frame of a progressive privatization and restructuring the Croatian electric power industry. By a majority of votes, the House adopted amendments to the maritime code under which ports are included in maritime property. Seventeen representatives (members of the Croatian Social- Liberal Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Croatian Independent Democrats and the Istrian Democratic Assembly) proposed that the House should cast a vote of confidence in Ivica Mudrinic, the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications. The proposal was put on the session's agenda. (hina) jas ks 061848 MET oct 94