Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Croatia

– to promote the development of an efficient statistical service in Croatia based
on an appropriate institutional framework;
– to pursue harmonisation with international and European standards and
classification in order to enable the national statistical system to adopt the
Community acquis in statistics;
– to provide private and public sector economic operators and research
community with the appropriate socio-economic data;
– to provide data needed to maintain and monitor economic reform;
– to ensure the confidentiality of individual data;
– to progressively increase data collection and transmission to the European
Statistical System.
3. Co-operation in this field shall include, in particular, exchange of information on
methods, transfer of know-how and training.
Article 84
Banking, insurance and other financial services
1. The Parties shall co-operate with the aim of establishing and developing a suitable
framework for the encouragement of the banking, insurance and financial services
sectors in Croatia.
Co-operation shall focus on:
– the adoption of a common accounting system compatible with European
standards;
– the strengthening and restructuring of the banking, insurance and other
financial sectors;
– the improvement of supervision and regulation of banking and other financial
services;
– the exchange of information in particular in respect of proposed legislation;
– the preparation of translations and terminology glossaries.
2. The Parties shall co-operate with the aim of developing efficient audit systems in
Croatia following the harmonised Community methods and procedures.
Co-operation shall focus on:
– technical assistance to the State Auditing Office in Croatia;
– the establishment of internal audit units in official agencies;
– the exchange of information with regard to auditing systems;
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