The government adopted a regulation establishing the Institute of Immunology as a public institution

For its first session after the summer recess and, opening the session, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic recalled that this was the last autumn of the current government and urged his ministers to use this remaining time for the benefit of the state and citizens.

"We are facing the last autumn of the incumbent parliament and government. Let's use this remaining time and work for the benefit of Croatia and its people. What needs to be done, should be," said Milanovic.

The government adopted a decision on the conditions, criteria and procedure for the election of candidates to supervisory boards, management boards and management councils in companies of strategic interest for Croatia, with the application of the Code for consultations with the interested public, the government reported.

The government also decided on launching a project to incorporate the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (HZMO) IT system in the Shared Service Centre that is being set up in the Agency for IT support (APIS IT).

The HZMO has for years worked with a complex IT system that was gradually upgraded. In the meantime, analysis has shown that the cause for key costs and risks was the HZMO's outdated IT system.

The government is also to issue approval to the Health Ministry to use 2016 and 2017 budget funds to procure services to maintain and upgrade the central IT health system CEZIH (Central Health System).

The ministry has selected Ericsson Tesla to conduct the job which is valued at HRK 40,626,825, with HRK 10,920,268 of that to be secured from the 2015 budget, HRK 19,209,535 from the 2016 budget and HRK 10,497,020 in 2017.

The further gave its consent to Plinacro for issuing a guarantee to the Podzemno Skladiste Plina company for a HRK 230 million loan to be used for the reconstruction and modernisation of the underground gas storage facility Okoli.

The management and the supervisory board of Plinacro decided to approve guarantees to its daughter company Podzemno Skladiste Plina to take the 230 million kuna loan from the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Plinacro, which is a state-owned company, needs the government's consent for issuing loan guarantees, in accordance with the law on the execution of the state budget for 2015 and the 2015 state budget.

The loan is earmarked for the modernisation of the Okoli plant.

The loan needs to be be issued within three years and the loan matures in nine years.

(Hina) sp

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