Workshop:

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Workshop EU Enlargement Regulatory
Convergence in Non-Acceding CountriesAreas of
Banking and Other Financial Services

• dr Zoran Bohacek - Athens, 8 November 2003

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Croatia and EU chronology (1)

• May 1999 - European Commission proposed the
  creation of Stabilisation and Association Process
  for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
  former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Federal
  Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 10 June 1999 - The Stability Pact was adopted.
  The Stability Pact is a political document with
  the strategic goal to achieve stability in South
  East Europe by drawing the countries of the
  region closer to the Euro-Atlantic structures and
  by strengthening regional co-operation.

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Croatia and EU chronology (2)

• 15 February 2000 - Joint Consultative Task Force
  EU-Croatia was established.
• 24 May 2000 - European Commission published a
  positive Feasibility Report on the beginning of
  negotiations on Stabilisation and Association
  Agreement.
• 24 November 2000 - Zagreb Summit Beginning of
  negotiations between Republic of Croatia and the
  EU on Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

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Croatia and EU chronology (3)

• November 2000 - Government of the Republic of
  Croatia adopts guidelines for negotiations on
  Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
• 5 December 2000 - The Council of the European
  Union adopted the Regulation No 2666/2000 on
  Community Assistance for Reconstruction,
  Development and Stabilisation CARDS
• 14 May 2001 - Stabilisation and Association
  Agreement was initialled in Brussels.

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Getting ready in Croatia

• January 2000 Preparations for SAA
• February 2000 Establishment of the Ministry for
  European Integration (MEI) with the aim of a
  successful adjustment of the Republic of Croatia
  to the systems and structures of the European
  Union
• Working Programme of the Government of the
  Republic of Croatia 2000-2004

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Ministry for European Integration

• Directorate for Legal Harmonisation
• Directorate for the Integration Strategy
• Directorate for the Coordination of Assistance
  Programmes and Cooperation with the EU
• Directorate for Information and Education
• Translation Center

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Key Step December 2002

• NATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FOR
  JOINING THE EU
• SADRŽAJ
• I UVOD Odnos Republike Hrvatske i Europske unije
• II NACIONALNI PROGRAM REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE ZA
  PRIDRUŽIVANJE EUROPSKOJ UNIJI
• Uloga Izvješca o Procesu stabilizacije i
  pridruživanja za Republiku Hrvatsku
• Nacionalni interes Republike Hrvatske
• Odredivanje prioriteta

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III PRISTUP I METODOLOGIJA IZRADE NACIONALNOG
PROGRAMA Prikaz strukture Nacionalnog
programa IV Politicki kriterij V Gospodarske
prilagodbe VI Uskladivanje zakonodavstva
Republike Hrvatske s acquis communautaire-om
sukladno Sporazumu o stabilizaciji i
pridruživanju VII Jacanje administrativnog
sposobnosti VIII Komunikacijska strategija
Republike Hrvatske Dodatak A Plan uskladivanja
zakonodavstva RH s acquis communautaire-om za
2003. godinu Dodatak B Projekti financirani iz
Programa CARDS 2001 i 2002
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• 6.4. Sloboda pružanja usluga
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• 6.4.4. Bankarstvo
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• 1.       Opis prioriteta
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• Uskladenje hrvatskog zakonodavstva s regulativom
  Europske unije u podrucju financija i bankarstva,
  te na sustavan i cjelovit nacin regulirati
  poslovanje banaka i prepustiti im da posluju
  slobodno, sukladno tržišnim uvjetima i pravilima
  bankarske struke.
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• 2. Ostvareni rezultati u 2002.
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Dodatak A
     
3. Zakonodavne mjere predvidene za 2003.
godinu  
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4. Usvajanje acquis communautaire-a  
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Every new law proposal must have
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Getting ready

• 21 February 2003 - Athens - PM Ivica Racan handed
  the application for membership in the EU to Greek
  PM Costas Simitis, then president of the European
  Council
• 14 April 2003 - Bruxelles EU Council of
  Ministers asked the European Commission to
  provide opinion about the Croatian application to
  the EU
• 10 July 2003 - Zagreb - EC president Romano Prodi
  handed a questionnaire with 4560 questions to PM
  Racan
• 9 October 2003 - Bruxelles - PM Ivica Racan
  presented answers to EC president Romano Prodi

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GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA    
Information provided by the Government to the
Questionnaire of the European Commission  
croatian
I. Political criteriaII. Economic
criteriaIII. Chapters - ability to assume the
obligations of membership 1. Free movement of
goods 2. Free movement of persons 3. Free
movement of services 4. Free movement of capital

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...see you in the EU 200? !

• Thank you!

dr Zoran Bohacek Croatian Banking Association