The Republic of Croatia, a Mediterranean, Central European and Danube region country with a small and open economy, includes multilateral trade and economic integration to achieve its strategic goal, which is the continuation of a stable, competitive and socially sensitive national economy that is able to fit into a global competition. Full membership in the European Union is used as core of stable peace, democratic freedom and economic development, foreign policy objective of Croatians. In the process of demanding standards of the European Union, the Republic of Croatia recognized the policy of consumer protection as one of its priority areas. For this purpose, the common interest is to encourage and ensure: a) the harmonization of legislation and alignment of consumer protection in Croatia according to rules that are in force in the European Union; b) a policy of active consumer protection, including increased awareness and development of independent organizations; c) effective legal consumer protection in order to improve the quality of consumer goods and maintain appropriate safety standards (example HACCP).
Croatia · 2010-02-26