Croatia: Amendments to controversial law adopted

The Croatian parliament has adopted amendments to the law on judicial cooperation on criminal matters with the EU known as "Lex Perković", Beta reported.

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ZAGREB The Croatian parliament has adopted amendments to the law on judicial cooperation on criminal matters with the EU known as "Lex Perkovic", Beta reported. The amendments received 83 votes, with 28 opposed, and eight MPs abstaining, the news agency said. Croatia: Amendments to controversial law adopted The changes lift the time restrictions for implementing a European arrest warrant for crimes committed after Aug. 7, 2002. The amendments will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. In advance of the country's admittance into the EU, Croatian parliament adopted amendments which imposed a time limit for criminal offenses committed after Aug. 2002. This stood in the way of the extradition of Josip Perkovic, a former agent of the Yugoslav UDBA secret service, who faces charges in Germany for the murder of a Croatian dissident. After Croatia's secession from Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Perkovic held high intelligence positions in the regime of Franjo Tudjman, while his son serves as national security adviser to the current president, Ivo Josipovic. EU officials earlier warned that Croatia, the organization's newest member, could face sanctions "for undermining EU's legal order." Beta Tanjug

Croatia: Amendments to controversial law adopted

The changes lift the time restrictions for implementing a European arrest warrant for crimes committed after Aug. 7, 2002.

The amendments will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014.

In advance of the country's admittance into the EU, Croatian parliament adopted amendments which imposed a time limit for criminal offenses committed after Aug. 2002.

This stood in the way of the extradition of Josip Perković, a former agent of the Yugoslav UDBA secret service, who faces charges in Germany for the murder of a Croatian dissident.

After Croatia's secession from Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Perković held high intelligence positions in the regime of Franjo Tudjman, while his son serves as national security adviser to the current president, Ivo Josipović.

EU officials earlier warned that Croatia, the organization's newest member, could face sanctions "for undermining EU's legal order."

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