Traubi International, a company owned by Salomon Berkowitz, submitted to the State Property Management Agency (AUDIO) until 1700 hours on Tuesday additional documents required for the purchase of the Split-based drinks producer Dalmacijavino, Economy Ministry officials reported.
"After we study the submitted documents, we will be able to say if the Ministry's request has been met for Traubi International to submit a restructuring plan, a response to the proposed sales contract and proof of a bank guarantee for the purchase of Dalmacijavino," the ministry said.
Deputy Economy Minister Tamara Obradovic Mazal said after a meeting with trade union leaders representing Dalmacijavino earlier in the day that the Ministry of Economy had given the owner of Traubi International until 1700 hours on Tuesday to submit to AUDIO a restructuring plan, a response to the proposed sales contract and proof of a bank guarantee for the purchase of Dalmacijavino.
"If Mr Berkowitz fails to submit the required documents by 5pm today, Dalmacijavino will immediately become subject to the bankruptcy law," Obradovic Mazal told a press conference.
About a hundred workers and trade union leaders from Dalmacijavino gathered outside the Economy Ministry building in Zagreb today demanding their unpaid wages and protesting over the uncertainty of the privatisation of the company.
After the trade union leaders informed the workers about the results of the meeting, the protest rally ended.
The head of the Croatian Association of Trade Unions (HUS), Ozren Matijasevic, said he was pleased with the outcome of the meeting, adding that the workers had achieved their principal goal -- to find out at what stage negotiations on the takeover of Dalmacijavino by Traubi International were.
Matijasevic said that it had also been agreed that the workers would be paid two of the five overdue monthly salaries.
