[ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH «ALBEUROPA»} NEWS: Yugoslavia Tightens Checks on Montenegro, Kosovo (Reuters, Feb 13, 2001)

[Wolfgang Plarre]

http://centraleurope.com/news.php3?id=288469

Yugoslavia Tightens Checks on Montenegro, Kosovo

BELGRADE, Feb 13, 2001 -- (Reuters) Yugoslavia set up customs
checkpoints on Monday along Serbia's administrative borders with
Montenegro and Kosovo in a bid to clamp down on illegal trade.
    Six customs checkpoints were being set up with Kosovo and four with
Montenegro, a customs spokeswoman said.
    "The aim of setting up these checkpoints is to prevent any illegal
entry of goods and to apply valid customs laws to goods entering the
territory covered by the Yugoslav Customs Office," Customs Office
spokeswoman Marina Nikolic told Reuters.
    Montenegro, which has been pulling away from its bigger partner
Serbia in the Yugoslav federation, has its separate customs rules and
Kosovo has been under de-facto international administration since June
1999, at the end of a NATO air war.
    The authorities of ousted president Slobodan Milosevic had set up
police checkpoints to prevent smuggling from Kosovo and Montenegro but
Nikolic said these were not regular customs posts in line with lawful
procedure.
    "They (the old police checkpoints) used internal, ad hoc
regulations. Now we will apply customs rules implemented at all other
customs points," Nikolic said.
    Goods headed for the UN administration and NATO-led troops in Kosovo
-- UNMIK and KFOR - will be exempt from customs if necessary documents
are provided, such as an authorization of the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry,
the Office said.
    Serbian goods headed for Montenegro and Kosovo will also be checked
to determine their true origin, the office said.
    Milosevic's checkpoints had been temporarily closed by the new
reformist government after it took over in October.
    Montenegro's Trade Minister Ramo Bralic was quoted by Montenegrin
media as saying on Monday that restoring checkpoints between Serbia and
Montenegro was a political decision reminiscent of the former
authorities' behavior.
    He said customs offices, public revenue offices, market and
financial inspections could have stopped any illegal trade.
    Serbia and Montenegro have not had proper trading and financial ties
since November when the smaller republic ditched the dinar, keeping the
German mark as the only legal tender.
    The two republics have not coordinated their economic policies since
1999.

(C)2001 Copyright Reuters Limited


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