Business Zone JELAS - RUŠCICA Municipality,

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

The business zone is located in the Klakar municipality, 6 km from Slavonski Brod, the administrative, industrial and cultural centre of Brod – Posavina County. Being at the junction of major transportation routes, Slavonski Brod creates excellent Ruščica prerequisites for the development of production, logistics and distribution.

It is located on the A3 highway, halfway between Zagreb and Belgrade, at the intersection of two important road and railway corridors: Corridor X, linking Austria and Greece, and

future Corridor Vc (Budapest-Port of Ploče). The Port Slavonski Brod on river Sava (3 km from the Zone), which also makes a natural border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the second most important inland port in .

BUSINESS ZONE JELAS

The Urban Development Plan (UDP) of the Business Zone A part of international oil pipeline (JANAF) goes through „Jelas-Ruščica“ was adopted in December 2015. It allows the Zone, and any construction within a protection zone of construction of production facilities, business premises and 100 meters from both sides of the pipeline requires the prior energy capacities are allowed, along with their auxiliary consent of JANAF. buildings. The maximum allowed construction density (KIG) is 0.5 while the buildings could have the maximum of 5 floors, The future investors in the Zone can benefit the incentives depending on their business and technological purposes. provided by the Republic of Croatia (cash grants and tax incentives), depending on sector and the amount of The business zone consists of 11 land parcels of various sizes. investment. The parcel boundaries are not fixed and there is a possibility to change the size or combine two or more parcels. The In addition, there are local incentives which include abolition minimum possible size of one land plot is 800 m2. of communal utility fees in the first year, and its reduction in the following years, as well as a decrease of the utility The access to all the parcels has been provided through three contribution fee from 20% to 75%, depending on the value of crossroads on the county road Ž4210 that passes through the investments and a number of new employees. Zone on its north side. Currently there is no other infrastructure provided. Another road which is planned to be constructed will connect the county road with the parcels on the southern side of the Zone. According to the UDP, the industrial railway which is also planned to be built, will connect the Zone to the nearest railway station in Donja Vrba (2 km) or Slavonski Brod (1.6 km).

The gas network should be built and connected with the gas system of the nearest village, Ruščica or mid-pressure gas network Ruščica – Gornja Bebrina, located 1.5-2 km from the Zone. The water supply system is envisaged to be built and connected to the existing pipeline in Ruščica village (ø110). If needed, there is a possibility to connect to the Regional Water Supply System of Brod-Posavina County (ø200). There are several telecommunications base stations nearby, and the whole area is covered with mobile telecommunication signal.

Agency for Investments and Competitiveness, Radnička cesta 80, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this document has been provided by Agency for Investments and Competitiveness of the Republic of Croatia. Purpose of this document is to give short information about companies and /or posibilities to potential investors. The profile is for information purposes only. No responsibility or liability is accepted for the information in this document. Project holder: Municipality of Klakar Address: 35 208 Ruščica, Klakar 26a Website: www.opcinaklakar.hr

No Cadastre plot Size

1 430/1 53,845 2 430/2 105,393 3 430/3 181,751 4 430/4 167,662 5 430/5 160,060 6 430/6 136,451 7 431/2 10,123 8 431/3 48,930 9 431/4 99,846 10 661 173,014 11 662 202,042

Total 1,339,117 Total area and an ortophoto of the Business Zone Jelas-Ruščica

BROD-POSAVINA COUNTY

Population (2011): 158,575 (49%), trade (14%), construction (11%) and agriculture, GDP per capita (2011): 5,882 EUR forestry and fishery (9%). The processing industry has the Unemployment rate (2014): 38.0% largest part in the revenues from exports (predominantly metal industry, followed by wood processing, agriculture Average gross salary: 868 EUR and production of furniture and chemical products), with its most important export markets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, The main competitive advantage of Brod-Posavina County Austria, France, The United Kingdom and Italy. is its exceptional geo-strategic position as it is situated on the crossing of important European traffic corridors: Pan- The County’s industrial tradition is reflected in its education European Corridor X which connects Western Europe with policy with Mechanical Engineering Faculty Slavonski South-East Europe and Middle East, and Pan-European Brod offering vocational, undergraduate, graduate and Corridor Vc connecting Northern and Eastern European postgraduate studies in Production Engineering and countries with the Adriatic Sea, The County is intersected with Mechanical Engineering and Slavonski Brod Polytechnics railway, highway, inland waterways, telecommunications with vocational studies in mechanical engineering and networks and oil pipeline. management. The County also offers a number of lifelong The river Sava, which represents a natural border with programs, such as MAG welder, MMA welder, TIG welder, Bosnia and Herzegovina, enables waterway traffic with flame welder, tower crane and portal bridge cranes operator, Central and South Europe as the most cost-effective way of truck crane operator and similar. transporting commodities and cargo. The Port of Slavonski In addition to Đuro Đaković industrial zone in Slavonski Brod, Brod is connected by road and railway infrastructure with there is a very well developed Industrial Park Nova Gradiška international infrastructure corridors. and business zones Bjeliš, Rižino polje and Davor as well as Most represented business activities in the County (measured business incubators: BRODIN – Brod Business Incubator and by their share in total revenue) are manufacturing/processing Business Innovation Support Centre (BISC) Nova Gradiška. industry - metal processing, wood processing and furniture Two more zones are in construction: Business Zone Jelas- manufacturing, chemical industry and food processing Ruščica and Business Zone Jelas-Zapad. CONTACT Municipality of Klakar, www.opcinaklakar.hr, Mr. Josip Stanić, Municipality Mayor, e-mail: [email protected]

Agency for Investments and Competitiveness, Radnička cesta 80, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this document has been provided by Agency for Investments and Competitiveness of the Republic of Croatia. Purpose of this document is to give short information about companies and /or posibilities to potential investors. The profile is for information purposes only. No responsibility or liability is accepted for the information in this document.