Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia publishes the entire text of the Agreed Minutes of the Trilateral Meeting of Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Italian Republic and the Republic of Slovenia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, because of recent diverse statements and interpretations regarding the Croatian Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone, for purposes of clarification hereafter publishes the complete text of Agreed Minutes of the Trilateral Meeting of Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Italian Republic and the Republic of Slovenia held in Brussels on the 4th of June 2004 in the presence of European Commission representatives in which the Croatian Party reported on the Decision on the Expansion of Jurisdiction of the Republic of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea, passed by the Croatian Parliament a day earlier, on 3 June 2004, which states that the implementation of the law on the Croatian Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone in relation to EU member states will start after the Agreement on Fishing Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia is concluded.

The complete text of the Agreed Minutes of the Trilateral Meeting held on June 4, 2006:

TRILATERAL MEETING
ITALY - SLOVENIA - CROATIA

BRUXELLES, 4 JUNE 2004

AGREED MINUTES


The fourth Trilateral meeting between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia took place in Bruxelles on 4th June 2004. The European Commission was invited to participate in this meeting and accepted to attend as facilitator of the discussion. The meeting was chaired by Mr Roberto Antonione, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The complete list of participants is attached).

Mr. Bišćević, State Secretary from Croatia, informed the parties about the Decision taken on 3 June 2004 by the Croatian Parliament on the Amendment to the Decision of the Extension of the Jurisdiction of the Republic of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea, which states that the implementation of the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone of the Republic of Croatia, with respect to the Member States of the European Union, shall start after the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Croatia and the European Community, and expressed Croatia’s readiness to enter into talks to this end.

Croatia confirmed that during that period there will be no changes in the present regime for the Member States of European Union in the area of the Adriatic Sea concerned.

The Italian and Slovenian State Secretaries took note of the decision of the Croatian Parliament. They welcomed the suspension of the applicability of all aspects of the Protected and Ecological and Fisheries Zone to EU Member States. They expressed the view that this should apply until a common agreement in the EU spirit is found taking into account the interests of the neighbouring EU states.

The participants in the meeting expressed their readiness to continue to work together in the EU spirit on good neighbourly relations, and taking into account the interests of all parties concerned, trilaterally and with the European Commission, until a common agreement is reached.

Bruxelles, 4 June 2004

 

Mr Roberto Antonione
State Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Mr Michael Leigh
Deputy Director-General
Directorate General External Relations
European Commission
Mr Andrej Logar
State Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

 
Mr Hido Biščević
State Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
 




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