the EU commission has authorized person, of the communitarian norms in matter of aids of State according to, a change to the restructure plan of the Croatian ship yard 3.Maj considering that any distortion of the competition that could be brought from an light increase of the amount total of aids for the restructure would be compensated by the ulterior proposed compensating measures from Croatia.

Brussels has emphasized that, with such decision, the road to the privatization of the yard, that will be acquired from the other Croatian ship yard Uljanik, with operation to be carried out within next the 1 ° July, date of adhesion of Croatia to the EU, as demanded from the same action of adhesion is opened that previews the Croatian ship yards in difficulty financial institution are privatized within such date.

the Commission has remembered that in 2011, with the Croatian Authority Antitrust, it has approved of a plan of restructure of the yard 3.Maj that included an aid of 5,3 billion kune (approximately 714 million euros) and that in the course of this month Croatia has notified an light increase of the costs of restructure and a proportional increase of the amount of aids for the restructure. In order to compensate the effects of the aids on the competition, Croatia has proposed to eliminate the possibility to exchange the quotas production 3.Maj with other yards, mechanism that was authorized by the adhesion action.

the EU commission has remembered moreover that the today's decision makes keeps on analogous decisions in the slid February and March with which modifications to the plans of restructure and contracts of privatization of the ship yards Brodosplit and Brodotrogir. are approved of