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THE INTEGRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA INTO THE PANEUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR NETWORK
Tanja Poletan Jugović
Abstract
A greater mutual dependence of the world's and European marketplace as well as the increase in the international trade, as one of the basic goals of the European Union traffic policy, emphasizes the inner traffic connection as well as the traffic connection between other European countries with a modern transport network. In this context, the significant European interest has been shown within the European traffic policy for the traffic position the Republic of Croatia holds, as well as its transport corridors that, by passing the Croatian territory, integrate Croatia with the European traffic and economic system. According to the above mentioned facts, this paper analyses the European traffic policy and the aspects of the European interest shown for the traffic position of the Republic of Croatia, the geo-traffic aspects of the Paneuropean transport corridor network as well as the exploitation possibilities of current and potentially new corridors that pass through the Croatian territory. According to that, significant conclusions are being derived regarding the level of the integration of Croatia into the Paneuropean corridor network, including the existent corridors as well as the potentially new ones that would also significantly contribute to a better integration of the Croatian transport network into the European corridor network.
Keywords
transport corridors; Croatia; Europe; Paneuropean transport corridor network
Hrčak ID:
4006
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2006.
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