Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Croatia

2. Policies and other measures will be designed to bring about the economic and social
development of Croatia. These policies should ensure that environmental
considerations are also fully incorporated from the outset and that they are linked to
the requirements of harmonious social development.
3. Co-operation policies shall be integrated into a regional framework of co-operation.
Special attention will have to be devoted to measures that can foster co-operation
between Croatia and its neighbouring countries including Member States, thus
contributing to regional stability. The Stabilisation and Association Council may
define priorities between and within the co-operation policies described hereinafter.
Article 82
Economic policy
1. The Community and Croatia shall facilitate the process of economic reform by cooperating
to improve understanding of the fundamentals of their respective
economies and implementing economic policy in market economies.
2. To these ends the Community and Croatia shall co-operate to:
– exchange information on macroeconomic performance and prospects and on
strategies for development;
– analyse jointly economic issues of mutual interest, including the framing of
economic policy and the instruments for implementing it.
– promote wider co-operation with the aim to speed up the inflow of know-how
and access to new technologies.
3. At the request of Croatian authorities, the Community may provide assistance
designed to support the efforts of Croatia towards the gradual approximation of its
policies towards those of the Economic and Monetary Union. Co-operation in this
area will include informal exchange of information concerning the principles and the
functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union and the European System of
Central Banks.
Article 83
Statistical co-operation
1. Co-operation in the area of statistics shall aim at the development of an efficient and
sustainable statistical system capable to provide in due time reliable, objective and
accurate data needed to plan and monitor the process of transition and reform in
Croatia. It shall enable the Central Bureau for Statistics of Croatia to better meet the
needs of its customers, both public administration and private businesses. The
statistical system shall respect the fundamental principles of statistics issued by the
United Nations and the stipulations of the European Statistical law and develop
towards the Community acquis.
2. To this end the Parties may cooperate in particular:
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