The Swiss company United Energy Commodities has expressed an interest in purchasing the Croatian petrochemical company Dina Petrokemija, while another petrochemical company, Dioki, will have to file for bankruptcy, the press were told after a meeting of representatives of the government and the trade unions of Dioki and Dina in Zagreb on Monday.
A prospective buyer has expressed an interest in Dina. With 5 million euros it would cover the payment of outstanding wages, and with 15 million euros it would launch production no later than September 1 and would employ all the people who worked in Dina. Dioki, unfortunately, will go into receivership, Economy Minister Radimir Cacic said.
Finance Minister Slavko Linic said that the potential partner for Dina wanted certain guarantees regarding a deal with the banks over Dina's debt and that the government would have to take on certain obligations.
While Dina's union representative expressed his satisfaction with what had been agreed, Dioki's workers were not satisfied and announced protest rallies.
Responding to questions about the DIV company, whose bid for the privatisation of the Brodosplit shipyard has been accepted by the government and whose owner, Tomislav Debeljak, was charged with tax evasion last week, Cacic said that the government would decide on whether it would sign the agreement for Brodosplit or not, noting that it was not DIV that was charged with tax evasion.
Debeljak was charged as CEO and owner of the company PTC Krka Knin d.o.o. with tax evasion and failure to pay contributions, as a result of which he caused HRK 3.6 million worth of damage to the state budget.
Cacic said that the taxes due were being rescheduled and that they would certainly be collected.
