I can confirm that Commission Vice President Vivian Reding received a letter yesterday evening from the Croatian justice minister and it seems that it indicates a constructive approach to that question, that is, Croatia's will to change its law and align it with European legislation. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also received similar guarantees from Croatia's prime minister yesterday evening. The Commission welcomes that constructive approach and is now in contact with Croatian authorities so that they can explain their intentions and see whether, after this positive political intent, the requested legislative measures will follow, Reding's spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told a press conference on Wednesday.

She repeated that the Commission was concerned because of the "unilateral decision by Croatia in late June, just three days ahead of joining the European Union, to limit the application of the European Arrest Warrant which was not in line with European law".

She added that the Commission was preparing "relevant measures foreseen in Article 39 of Croatia's accession treaty in order to ensure that Croatia's law on the application of the European Arrest Warrant was in line with European legislation.

These measures could be taken in the first weeks of September, Andreeva underscored.