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FSA7647: 14.09.2004 09:55
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TERZIC AT BiH FOREIGN TRADE CHAMBER ASSEMBLY
SARAJEVO, September 14 (FENA) – It the determination
of BiH Council of Ministers to contribute to boosting exports and reduction of
the foreign trade deficit by supporting domestic production, BiH Council of
Ministers Chair Adnan Terzic said on Tuesday at the BiH Foreign Trade Chamber
(VKT BiH) Assembly.
Delegates
of the Assembly were considering, among other matters, the analysis of BiH’s
foreign trade with the world in the first seven months of this year.
VTK
Vice-president Petar Milanovic said that certain positive movements have been
noted in the exchange and in creating a more advantageous business environment.
According to him, it is expected that the foreign trade traffic will exceed 12
billion KM by the end of the year, of which 3 billion KM refers to exports and
9 billion KM refers to imports.
Despite
the increase in exports, said Milanovic, the foreign trade deficit should
exceed six billion KM by the end of the year.
“The
information on the foreign trade deficit is worrying, but we are encouraged by
the fact that the exports are growing faster than imports, and that the
structure of imported goods is changing, considering that production mechanization
is now being primarily imported. There is a realistic perspective that
production in BiH will start to replace imports, which is the primary
objective”, said Adnan Terzic, adding that activities are in progress on
strengthening and creating the institutions that will protect the market from
disloyal competition and non-qualitative products, and passing the necessary
legislation.
Terzic
emphasized that the goods and the market in BiH should be viewed in the context
of European integration and accessing the World Trade Organization (WTO). We
are not in the position to impose restrictions and bans of imports because
these measures would help us in the short term, but hurt us in the long
term.
“We
are dedicated to boosting exports and this is why we have recently organized
visits of our businesspersons to Libya
and Russia in order attempt
to conquer these markets”, said Terzic, calling on the businesspersons to
analyze the possibilities for signing a free trade contract with the Russian Federation
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FSA7619:
14.09.2004 06:58
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SABETA
RECEIVES CoE MONITORING TEAM DELEGATION
SARAJEVO,
September 14 (FENA) – The Secretary of BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP),
Fuad Sabeta, on Tuesday received the delegation of the Council of Europe
Monitoring Team, headed by Tim Cartwright, was announced by BiH MVP.
They
concluded that BiH has fulfilled its commitments from the first and second year
of participation in the Council of Europe.
Sabeta
indicated that the matter of implementing the obligations is never questioned
by the lack of political will, but most frequently lack of funds.
He
added that BiH authorities are aware that meeting of the CoE post-accession
criteria leads to opening of EU doors to BiH.
The
Monitoring Team leader commended the fact that BiH continues with signing,
ratifying and implementing the key conventions and laws on which the Council of
Europe insists.
The
CoE Monitoring Team is paying a four-day visit to BiH as of Tuesday. During
their visit, members of the Monitoring Team will hold talks with
representatives of BiH institutions at State and Entity levels, which are
authorized for fulfilling the post-accession criteria.
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FSA7624:
14.09.2004 07:07
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SABETA
MEETS VARGA
SARAJEVO,
September 14 (FENA) – The Secretary of BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MVP),
Fuad Sabeta, on Tuesday met with the Ambassador of Republic Hungary to BiH,
Istvan Varga, was announced by BiH MVP.
This
meeting was organized as part of the preparations for the consultations between
BiH and Hungarian foreign ministries, which will take place September 29 in Sarajevo
It
was arranged that the two ministries would consider activities on preparing
bilateral agreements, initiate preparations of new agreements and talk about
the possibilities for liberalizing the visa regime.
Sabeta
underlined the problem of the lack of transport permits for BiH
transporters.
Ambassador
Varga informed Sabeta that this matter is defined by the bilateral contract and
that it is now under jurisdiction of the Hungarian Ministry of Economy and
Transport.
Sabeta
proposed that the delegations of the two countries should also sign the
Agreement on establishing a framework programme for financial cooperation.
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FSA7626:
14.09.2004 07:15
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MIKEREVIC:
NEW RS MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO BE APPOINTED ON WEDNESDAY
BIJELJINA,
September 14 (FENA) – RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic on Tuesday confirmed
that he would issue the decision on appointing the new Entity minister of
interior on Wednesday because he has been informed by OHR that there are no
remarks or suggestions to the candidate nominated for the said function.
“It
is up to me to issue the decision on appointing the minister tomorrow. I hope
that I will now be able to transfer the responsibility to the person who will
work 24 hrs per day”, said Mikerevic.
He
refused to state the name of the new minister.
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FSA7629:
14.09.2004 07:40
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SESSION
OF THE STATE COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES AND DPs
SARAJEVO,
September 14 (FENA) – BiH Commission for Refugees and DPs on Tuesday accepted
the Feasibility Study of the Council of Europe Development Bank for the project
that refers to accommodating the occupants of collective centres, alternative
accommodation and eventually the cases of spontaneous return.
“The
project will be realized in the beginning of the next year, and it is worth 12
million euros”, President of the Commission for Refugees and DPs Ivica
Marinovic told a press conference, adding, “our participation in the project is
estimated at four million euros”.
The
CoE Development Bank’s Feasibility Study was accepted today with an
intervention that the selection of subscribers should be based on specific
databases of UNHCR from 19 collective centres.
The
Commission has formed a list of municipalities in which joint projects would be
implemented during 2004.
Marinovic
said that the Project “Tomorrow” and joint projects select 26 areas with 40
municipalities and Brcko District.
Project
“Tomorrow” is implemented by the European Commission in cooperation with the
State Commission, and it is worth 8 million euros – where each commission will
provide 4 million euros. The joint projects are estimated at the 18, 25 million
KM.
In
addition, the RS has also nominated the locations for recovering its collective
centres in municipalities Srebrenica, Prijedor, Bratunac, Doboj and a part of Sarajevo
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FSA7627:
14.09.2004 07:26
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JAN
PETERSEN VISITS BiH HIGH JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL
Petersen
held talks with the Council’s President, Judge Branko Peric, Director of the
HJPC Secretariat Elmira Pasagic, and member of the Council Sven Marius Urke, about
the results and further activities in the judiciary reform, was announced by
HJPC.
HJPC
President underlined the significance of the court system reforms for the
future of BiH and expressed gratitude to the Government of the Kingdom of
Norway on its exceptional support in the overall reform achievements and
establishing a single HJPC.
Elmira
Pasagic and Sven Marius Urke informed Petersen about the main aspects of
reform, reorganization of courts, the process of reappointing judges and
prosecutors, as well as about further directions of judiciary reform and its
priorities.
Judge
Peric presented Petersen with a certificate of gratitude on behalf of the BiH
HJPC on the contribution of the Kingdom
of Norway in judiciary reform, and
expressed hope that the successful cooperation between Norway
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FSA7632:
14.09.2004 07:53
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EC:
THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF BiH INSTITUTIONS TOWARDS EU MEMBERSHIP
SARAJEVO,
September 14 (FENA) – The Delegation of the European Commission to BiH on
Monday organized a meeting with the senior representatives of executive
authority in BiH for the purpose of discussing the institutional preparations
of economic and financial institutions in BiH before the continuation of its
European road.
Talks
were also motivated by the soon completion of functional revision of these two
segments of BiH society, was announced on Tuesday by the European Commission
Office in BiH.
“BiH
is irreversibly moving towards the European Union and is in a phase when it
must strategically plan its development, considering that membership in the EU
envisions that a country must take over the obligations that come from the
membership by fulfilling the necessary economic and political conditions
required by the EU laws, which require adequate administrative structures”, was
announced.
In
the context of the Stabilization and Association Process, the European
Commission regularly assesses a country’s administrative capacities. In the
process of making the assessment, the focus is on the main administrative
structures necessary for applying the legal decrees of the European Union, the
functions each of these structures must perform and the specific capacities necessary
for performing these functions. In BiH case, this assessment is made through
the Feasibility Study.
Defining
the economic policy and its implementation, the sector of fiscal and monetary
policy, customs and foreign trade are the crucial factors for the economic development
of BiH and its further progress towards future membership in the EU, was
announced by the EC.
Participants
of the meeting have analyzed the current institutional framework and openly exchanged
opinions about the possible further development of BiH institutions for the
purpose of insuring an efficient and speedy inclusion of BiH society into
European integration.
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FSA7635:
14.09.2004 08:05
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AMBASSADOR
CLIFF ORGANIZED RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF ANGLO-BOSNIAN BUSINESS FORUM
SARAJEVO,
September 14 (FENA) – The Ambassador of Great Britain to BiH, Ian Cliff, on Tuesday
organized a reception for members of the Anglo-Bosnian Business Forum (ABBF),
an informal association of British companies and their business partners in
BiH, was announced by the British Embassy in BiH.
Ambassador
Cliff talked with BiH businesspersons about improving the business cooperation
between the UK and BiH, and
the past experiences in cooperation between the companies from BiH and Great Britain
ABBF
was established in 1997 with an interest in promoting trade and investment
between the UK
Activities
of the Forum are coordinated by the Commercial Department of the British
Embassy, and its membership includes UK companies active in BiH; local
companies with UK commercial interests (including agents and distributors of UK
goods and services); and BiH partner organizations, such as Chambers of
Commerce and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA).
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FSA7643:
14.09.2004 08:41
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BiH
PRESIDENCY SESSION ON WEDNESDAY
The
daily agenda includes the following: the Statement by the UN Security Council
Chair (4999th session, June 25 this year); Proposal decision on concluding the
Memorandum of Understanding between BiH and the National Public Agency of the
Italian Government – Formez; Proposal decision on consenting with appointing
the ambassadors of Great Britain, Israel, and the Kingdom of Morocco, and the
Proposal decision on accepting the Agreement on the Development Credit between
BiH and the International Development Association (IDA) for the Project of
Urban Infrastructure.
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