European Commission threat with sanctions to Croatia not to apply extradition laws

The Croatia could face sanctions from Brussels for not applying the extradition laws of the European Union.

The Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, accuses the newest Member State to limit the scope of the European arrest warrant, to delete particularly the crimes committed during the war in the former Yugoslavia.

The spokesman for the Vice-President of the Commission, Mina Andreeva said that "this failure to comply with the Community legislation reaches the heart of European judicial cooperation" and that, therefore, Reding will raise the issue tomorrow, at the first meeting of Commissioners after the summer break.

Brussels can make cuts in financial aid and putting Croatia under a mechanism of six-monthly monitoring of compliance with European law.

Zagreb has already reacted, stating that Croatia is not the only country to limit the European arrest warrant, pointing the finger at Member States such as Austria or France.

Three days prior to entry into the European Union, on July 1, the Croatian Parliament adopted a derogation of the law that excludes crimes committed before August 2002.

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