Economic policy
Article 82
1. The Community and Croatia shall facilitate the process of economic reform by cooperating to improve understanding of the fundamentals of their respective economies and implementing economic policy in market economies. 2. To these ends the Community and Croatia shall cooperate to: — exchange information on macroeconomic performance and prospects and on strategies for development; — analyse jointly economic issues of mutual interest, including the framing of economic policy and the instruments for implementing it. — promote wider cooperation with the aim of speeding up the inflow of know-how and access to new technologies. 3. At the request of Croatian authorities, the Community may provide assistance designed to support the efforts of Croatia towards the gradual approximation of its policies towards those of the Economic and Monetary Union. Cooperation in this area will include informal exchange of information concerning the principles and the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union and the European System of Central Banks.