Reports this week indicated that Croatia has issued Interpol and European arrest warrants against MOL chairman and chief executive Zsolt Hernadi in relation to a bribery case.
MOL issued a strong rebuke to the reported warrants on Wednesday, saying Croatia is acting contrary to European law.
“Whilst Croatia may be at liberty to do so under national law, we maintain that the manner in which the Croatian authorities are currently proceeding is in contradiction to supra-national European law, which provides for an EU-wide common regime, and which Croatia has opted to be legally bound by through accession to the EU earlier this year,” MOL wrote in a statement posted on its website.
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