Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Croatia

Article 91
Social co-operation
1. With regard to employment, co-operation between the Parties shall focus notably on
upgrading job-finding and careers advice services, providing back-up measures and
promoting local development to assist industrial and labour market restructuring. It
shall also include measures such as studies, the secondment of experts and
information and training operations.
2. With regard to social security, co-operation between the Parties shall seek to adapt
the social security system of Croatia to the new economic and social requirements,
notably by providing the services of experts and organising information and training
activities.
3. Co-operation between the Parties will involve the adjustment of the Croatian
legislation concerning working conditions and equal opportunities for women and
men.
4. The Parties shall develop co-operation between them with the aim of improving the
level of protection of the health and safety of workers, taking as a reference the level
of protection existing in the Community.
Article 92
Agriculture, and the agro-industrial sector
Co-operation in this field shall have as its aim the modernisation and restructuring of
agriculture and the agro-industrial sector in consistence with the Community rules and
standards, the water management, the rural development, the gradual harmonisation of the
veterinary and phytosanitary legislation with Community standards and the development of
the forestry sector in Croatia.
Article 93
Fisheries
The Community and Croatia shall explore the possibility of identifying areas of common
interest in the fisheries sector, which by their nature would have to be mutually beneficial.
Article 94
Education and training
1. The Parties shall co-operate with the aim of raising the level of general education and
professional qualifications in Croatia.
2. The Tempus programme will contribute to strengthening co-operation between the
Parties in the field of education and training, promoting democracy, the rule of law
and economic reform.
3. The European Training Foundation will also contribute to the upgrading of training
structures and activities in Croatia.
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