Slovenia Seeking to Extend EU Roaming Charge Cap to Croatia

Slovenia on Thursday called on the European Commission to extend the new rules that cut the costs of cross-border mobile calls to candidate countries, including Croatia and Turkey.

"Roaming should be one of the priority fields that candidate countries must transpose into their legislation as they implement the EU body of law," said Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak.
Vizjak was speaking to the press after EU ministers in charge of telecommunications backed rules that slash roaming costs by up to 70%, removing the last hurdle to implementation.
"It is in Slovenia's interest that this matter be arranged with candidate countries as soon as possible," Vizjak said, adding that the Commission should "not be too acquiescent".
The reason the price of calls from Croatia is crucial is that the neighbouring country is the no.1 summer holiday destination for Slovenians.

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