By-products from Croatian slaughterhouses could potentially have some good buyers in China. What Croatia considers to be meat by-products are valued delicacies over in China, and exporting them could open up a potentially highly profitable door.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 26th of February, 2019, the Chinese are happy with what they've seen, and according to the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK), ''we're now awaiting the final findings to sign a bilateral agreement.'' These comments come after Dukat and Vindija, as well as several farms and other competent Croatian institutions were recently visited by a Chinese deligation following the organisation of a visit by the Ministry of Agriculture and HGK.
As Vecernji list writes, the reason appears to be that milk and dairy products over in China are becoming more and more sought after and sell at a very good price, so along with the construction of Pelješac bridge, cooperation can now also be expected in terms of agriculture and food, such as via the potentially very profitable export of top quality Croatian cheeses and dairy products.
In addition to this potential wealth of profit, all eyes are currently also on the recent visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Tomislav Tolušić to China. Branko Bobetić, the director of Croatiastočar, says the total export of agricultural and food products in the EU from December 2017 to November 2018 stood at 115 billion euros, of which 11 billion was from China.
''Of that [amount] 2.2 billion euro is made up of meat and meat products from the EU, and 1.3 billion is from milk and dairy products, and as total imports of agricultural and food products from China into the EU amounted to 5.7 billion, EU exports are twice as big as imports are,'' stated Bobetić. The bulk of these meat exports are, of course, pork, and as China desires exactly the products Croatia considers to be by-products, there is a big chance there.
''Pigs' heads, bones, stomachs, ears, innards... they are delicaies there. So far, we've exported some of it to Hong Kong at an average price of 1.25 euro, while on the Chinese market, which is still closed for by-products from our slaughterhouses, such products have reached twice the price,'' said Bobetić, pointing out that based on the estimation of the amount of pigs which end up in Croatia's biggest slaughterhouses each year, there were about 5-6 thousand tons of pork by-products worth at least seven million euros in exports.
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In the group of three are the partners of the popular Croatian gaming series - Intel, AMD, Razer, Corsair and Steel Series, as was stated by Igor Gajić.
As Darko Bicak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 24th of February, 2019, Starpoint Gemini, one of the most successful Croatian gaming series with more than 600,000 titles sold to date, has begun to sell its third installment at the world's largest online gaming store Steam.
In their home studio, LGM Games stated that they had received an enviable pre-registration number for the new game within just the first twelve hours of its release.
Igor Gajić from LGM Games said that Starpoint Gemini 3 is their most ambitious project so far.
"With the new title we want to move the boundaries, both in quality and market success, and our expectations are great," said Gajić. He added that the RPG space game, which allowed the player to enjoy the world of Captain Jonathan Bold, worked with a team of fifteen experts, and was additionally assisted by a further five external experts.
Although the title states the number three, this is actually the fourth game in this series. Gajić stated that after Starpoint Gemini 1, which he admitted had a "shaky start", Starpoint Gemini 2 was released five years ago. It is the best-selling title in the series so far. Gajić confirmed to Poslovni Dnevnik that he has sold more than 400,000 copies. Two years ago, the Croatian studio LGM Games, which once featured its full name, Little Green Men Games, issued a spin-off franchise called Starpoint Gemini Warlords. This title was also very well sold, impressively selling more than 200,000 copies.
"The Dvojka and Warlords hits are among the genre fans, so, upon these successes we have created a very stable base from which we can build a solid foundation for a new game," said Gajić.
The previous title in the series, Warlords, had an excellent rating on Metacritica, of 73 percent, and just two years ago when it was released on Steam, it won the gold medal as Early Access Grads Best of 2017.
According to Business Croatia, Intercorona, through which LGM Games operates, grew from four to eighteen employees from 2013 to 2017, with revenues rising from 840,500 to 4.86 million kuna.
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As Darko Bicak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 22nd of February, 2019, defending the Croatian justice system today is mission impossible. Mario Vukelić, the president of the High Commercial Court, who took part in the panel entitled "Legal security - the guarantor of investment'' which was held in the framework of the InvestCro conference in Zagreb.
"And at this conference, we've heard the word perception many times, so how we perceive something, and not necessarily how things actually stand. The perception of an inefficient justice systemis a fact from which conclusions are drawn.
The theory that Croatia has the most unresolved cases in the EU, as well as the highest amount of judges, of course in both cases per capita, it's also a fact that Croatia is the first in the EU on inflow of new cases to the courts, but if we look at the duration of the average dispute, then we come in 12th place out of 28 EU member states,'' said Vukelić. He added that many long-standing disputes at commercial courts in the Republic of Croatia are actually caused by the economic crisis.
"Big and successful companies are seldom judged because that is costly and carries on for a long time, they simply agree and reconcile, either directly or through a mediator. The problem with us is that we have no money, companies are often aware of the facts on which they're being judged, but they don't given the fact that they have the money, they buy time through long-lasting court disputes,'' said Vukelić.
Tatjana Josipović, a professor at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, emphasised the fact that the Croatian justice system is highly segmented and that there is a very large number of mutually overlapping legal regulations.
"Before adopting a new law, simulations should be carried out to see how it would actually function in reality. A concrete example is the new Enforcement law, about which it's hard to say whether it will work, and how it will work in reality. In terms of investment, it's imperative to sort out the land register as without that, we won't have bigger investments, we're making progress as the 800-day deadline is now 25 days, but the problem is the unresolved property and legal relationships. We have successfully completed the legalisation project, but legalisation doesn't mean that these ojects could be entered into the land registry because we don't have clear ownership relationships. We have to face these problems and solve them, and not just sweep the problems under the carpet, and then go on upgrading because we'll end up meeting back up with these problems sooner or later,'' said Josipović.
Mićo Ljubenko, a lawyer in the law firm Ljubenko & Partners, doesn't agree that the slowness of the Croatian courts is the biggest problem facing the Croatian justice system.
"Are there really any examples that serious companies operating in Slovenia and Hungary aren't also operating in Croatia? No, we don't. Serious investors approach their problems correctly, and they get their problems sorted out. Whether or not the deadline for registering a company is five days, as it is in Serbia, or 21 days as it is in Croatia is completely irrelevant to any investor, it's another thing if the papers aren't done properly and the situation isn't clear,'' concluded Ljubenko.
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Amid the to all-too-frequent flow of unwelcome and typically uninspiring economic news from across the country, the Nike Factory Store has now closed its stores, offering no public explanation or concrete reason for the unfortunate move, as yet.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 23rd of February, 2019, Croatia's Nike Factory Store officially closed its doors over the last few days. Lider.hr received the official news of the hugely popular sport brand decision to close its wholesale and retail trade in Croatia from Nike itself. The popular Nike Factory Store, which has been operating out of Roses Designer Outlet in the Croatian capital of Zagreb for ten years now, has been closed down.
While what appears to be a rather sudden move can easily spark questions and speculation as to what has been being going on behind closed doors from many, Nike has not yet publicly stated the reason(s) behind their departure from the Repubic of Croatia, but the giant brand made sure to emphasise the fact that their company's business operations on the Croatian market will continue to be pursued online, through websites and via mobile applications, as well as via existing distributors and retail partners.
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Investment in Croatia is at an all time low. With the phrase ''ABC'' having become the term for ''Anything But Croatia'' in investor circles, the country needs to do some serious work in order to redeem itself. In order for Croatia to become much more attractive to foreign strategic investors, more concrete and clear steps need to be taken, and high on the agenda lie the proper preparation of public finances and more legal security.
As Ana Blaskovic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 21st of February, 2019, despite dramatic headlines, the economy is growing and Croatia's level of public debt is falling. It is commonly forgotten that Croatia is growing at a pace below three percent - the slowest of all. Neighbouring Slovenia experienced 4.9 percent GDP growth, Hungary experienced growth of 4.1 percent, and Bulgaria saw 3.8 percent growth. There's no such great wisdom to be spoken of in Croatia's case here, the economy will grow as much as it has, or is given, the power to do so, and its momentum is the only thing that can make Croatia look much more friendly to investors, a move it desperately needs to make.
Even if there was a real willingness and the capacity for proper reforms existed, which are both evidently lacking, the key question is what moves should be made first to garner the fastest results in terms of investment in Croatia.
In that regard, there are no real dilemmas in the mind of respected economist Velimir Šonje, and what needs to be ensured are business climate reforms which include the Doing Business Report of the World Bank's recommendations for Croatia.
"By moving to around number 30 on the Doing Business Report, we've entered the club of countries like Poland, we're visible on the Eastern European map (which isn't the case today) and we have a marketing tool to attract investors," said Šonje, adding that these concrete measures would have a direct impact on Croatia's ability to properly facilitate business and investment, such as issuing building permits or reducing the number of steps required when paying taxes.
At the very top of the Croatian Government's priorities lies the transparent privatisation of state-owned companies through their listing on the stock market within the wider revitalisation plan of the capital market in order to better stimulate foreign investment in Croatia.
"It's no accident that investments are at a relatively low level since the capital market has died in Croatia. Without its revival through several major privatisations and listing and strengthening programs to attract medium-sized businesses in some of the simpler stock quotes, there will be no better investments, as capital market development has positive spill-over effects and attracts the interest of foreign investors,'' stated the esteemed economist.
Following the liberalisation of the internal market, the strengthening of the protection of equal market competition (so that there are no already protected existing players), the transparency of public procurement and the abolition of parafiscal charges and other obstacles to strengthening competition, especially in the service sectors where there are significant area of potential such as the health, education and IT industries,''
When it comes to better attracting investment in Croatia, the proper and decent handling of public finances also ranks very high on the list of consultant Andrej Grubišić from Grubišić and partners, with a very specific goal.
"It's necessary to reduce government spending, ie, a 30 billion kuna budget over a five-year period, and thus leave more money to a private initiative that will drive the development of small and medium-sized enterprises for their own economic interests (independently and without the help of the state),'' said Grubišić. This would become more attractive for investment by foreign strategic investors through takeovers and/or recapitalisations through which intensified internationalisation would continue.
The hope is that the state will cease their classic style of favouring particular sectors or industries, such as IT or renewable energy sources, as this approach almost always promotes unwanted crony capitalism. Moreover, treating everyone in the same way is a clear signal to a foreign investor that he does not have to fear that his industry will be considered less desirable tomorrow and lose his privileged status to someone else who is deemed closer to the wishes of the political elites and those who are better lobbied.
In this context, there is a real need for adequate judicial protection. In the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK), the emphasis is placed on attracting investors to production and opening up an investment space that would be geared towards the design of high value added products, investments in research, and in development and exports.
"We need to create a business climate that will stimulate domestic entrepreneurs, thus creating the conditions for the stronger engagement of foreign entrepreneurs and investments in Croatia," stated HGK's Luka Burilović.
He added that entrepreneurs have the most objections in the area of legal certainty, justice, taxation and public administration.
"Here we can take the appropriate concrete measures that could immediately show results. Investors are becoming more demanding, they're looking for solutions, not just locations. One of the options for a change of approach is to put the focus on Croatia's "portfolio", and not on the entire territory,'' Burilović stated.
When asked how Croatia will look in the eyes of an investor, the answer remains very the same according to Burilović: "We're relatively unknown to investors, we don't have a brand built, and we're mostly recognised as a tourist destination,''
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Minister Oleg Butković has stated that the company's business has now been stabilised, but who could the potential new majority owners of Croatia Airlines be?
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 22nd of February, 2019, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butković, said that it was difficult to estimate what the potential ownership ratio could be in relation to the state, as well as with a potential strategic partner for the enfeebled Croatia Airlines.
"It's hard to say that this will be a 50, 60, 70 or 100 percent sale of the ownership of Croatia Airlines, and in any case, there are those who are interested, and international companies are coming and are interested. In that sense, we're waiting for the whole process to begin. Then we'll who will place an offer, who is the most serious, and how this whole situation will go further,'' Butković told HRT.
"It [Croatia Airlines] has transported a record number of passengers last year, and we're insisting that Croatia Airlines remains a Croatian brand, to keep hold of all the routes on which it is currently flying, the acquisition of new aircraft, the modernisation of the new fleet, and the opening up of new routes, that's in function with Croatian tourism and with the whole economy,'' the minister added.
Butković didn't want to talk about any possible solutions for Croatia Airlines for the time being. He believes that the commission which has now been formed must delve much deeper into all the information and operations of Croatia Airlines and see what is, and what isn't a healthy part of that company, or what else can be done from within company in order to boost its function.
Gordan Maras said that Croatia Airlines should find a strategic partner with which the burdened flag carrier would remain a Croatian company.
"We need to find a partner that would work with Croatia Airlines on the level of world-wide destinations, that they're strong and outside of the EU, and not in the situation in which we just end up as their distributor. My position is that we need to find a partner outside the EU in order to develop that destination story," Maras said.
Minister Butković said that Croatia cannot influence exactly where a potential strategic partner will come from.
"Of course, there are certain restrictions as far as EU legislation is concerned, nobody who isn't from the European Union can become the majority owner of Croatia Airlines. There are many things that we have to take into account before the final decision is made,'' he concluded.
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Excellent news for one Zagreb company as its success leads to the opening up of yet another office abroad, this time across the Atlantic in no less than the Big Apple - New York, USA.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 21st of February, 2019, the key person and the manager of the Zagreb company's brand new American office is Mick de Meijer, a former executive director of several marketing agencies and a person with very strong experience in two key areas - project management and business development.
Zagreb's Q IT software company, which is one of the fastest growing IT companies in Europe according to Deloitte, has been operating at a new location since the beginning of this year. Their sixth global office was opened in New York, the digital hub of the eastern coast of the United States. The office is located in the very centre of New York, more precisely in Manhattan, and in addition to this location, this Croatian company still continues to operate from Zurich, Oslo, Belfast, Los Angeles, and of course from Zagreb, where the company's headquarters are located.
In his twelve years of hard work in the field, Mick de Meijer has successfully consulted more than 100 companies and worked directly with a variety of enormous and highly respected brands such as Victoria's Secret, Trojan, and Heinz.
So far, this Zagreb company has successfully helped a number of American companies with their technology development, of which, companies such as the United States Postal Services, Facebook, Walmart and Coca-Cola should definitely be mentioned. They have worked in different manners for these gigantic American companies, ranging from genialising their employment process to dealing with the system that employees use in their daily work.
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Bjelovar breaks the mold and creates a unique fitness product that has caught the eye of not only the nearby Hungarians, but the world.
Continental Croatia is, aside from its tourism potential, usually in the news for all the wrong reasons. Although it has gradually started to spread, the Croatian demographic crisis has bitten harder in that area of the country than it has elsewhere, and with residents leaving in their droves, it often comes as a pleasant surprise to read about innovatation and opportunities arising from there, despite the fact that there are several.
As Goran Jungvirth/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 21st of February, 2019, the winner in the category of best project idea at the first Bjelovar Startup 2018 competition confirmed to Poslovni Dnevnik that the prototype of their product is ready, and that it has attracted the interest of people from all over the world.
"We've already had over twenty queries, and our partners from Hungary have just visited us. The whole world is interested in our product,'' said Vedran Presečki from Ferrodus d.o.o., the creator of a non-motorised running belt with a ferrofluid brake.
His company has been in existence since back in 2013 and produces fitness equipment which is then exported to many countries across the world, not only to other European countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, and France, but further afield and across the Atlantic, all the way to the United States.
Otherwise, this Bjelovar-made product is the very first non-motorised running beld with a ferrofluid brake in the entire world. Despite that fact which is already impressive enough, Ferrodus' innovative Vedran Presečki plans to conquer the whole world with this new invention.
"The fitness industry is continuing to grow steadily. Our "Predator Hunt" running belt is the first in the world which uses ferrofluid technology, and it's unique owing to that. Running on it is natural, it's as if you were running on an embankment. Existing running belts (such as common treadmills) don't boast that natural resistance and don't allow for the alteration of running intensity like our belt does,'' stated a rightfully proud Presečki for Poslovni Dnevnik upon describing the uniqueness of this Bjelovar-made product.
After applying this technology to the running belt, Presečki is planning to extend it yet further, to other fitness related products such as bicycles and the like.
To brieflt recall, Presečki won last year's Bjelovar-based competition, which gained him a very welcome 100,000 kuna cash. This year, that same competition will open once again for startups that are working to produce innovations in the area of Bjelovar.
Presečki told Poslovni Dnevnik that his award helped him greatly in terms of product development, especially in speeding up the development of prototypes, which is of crucial importance for the overcoming of potential competitors who came up with the same idea.
"We accelerated and definitely managed to get a one-year head start owing to this award, because we're a small company," he noted.
But Presečki emphasised the fact that his prize meant more than just money because it meant recognition and brought about great enthusiasm for his team.
"That was a great incentive for us," he said.
The Bjelovar company exports 90 percent of its products and currently has just three employees, but it will need a lot more man power when launching its totally unique running belt production.
"We have a recruitment plan for when the product goes to the market. We'll have to substantially reorganise the business,'' Presečki stated, for whom, despite gaining some truly invaluable business experience, the real work is yet to come.
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Croatia has many issues, and rather surprisingly, a big one is with the proper withdrawal of EU funds. What exactly is the problem, and how can it be fixed? The topic of EU funds in Croatia and the upcoming financial period is explored by Ana Fresl.
As Lucija Spiljak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 20th of February, 2019, Poslovni Dnevnik sat down with Ana Fresl, the director of the PJR consultancy group to discuss the EU's new seven-year financial period and expectations, Croatia's severe lack of EU project experts, common mistakes, how the country made the most of the last financial period and what awaits us as the ''How to prepare for the 2021-2027 financial period'' conference. Croatia is looking to learn from other EU member states and their own respective experiences when it comes to strategic development and implementation of EU projects on the 6th and 7th of March, 2019, in Trakošćan, Croatia. How can the problem with the withdrawal of EU funds in Croatia be rectified?
You've been the director of Croatia's largest companies for EU funds since the very beginning. How many people and companies have you consulted with and educated on EU projects?
When it comes to EU funds, it's correct to say that I've really been around since the very beginning, from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Financial and Contracting Agency, to EU programs and projects, after which I opened my own company in 2009 and I was recently re-elected as the president of HUP - Association for Professionals for EU Funds. I have offered consultation for over 350 EU projects, I've been a public advisory expert on 20 technical assistance projects. I have more than 500 days of education in Croatia and beyond behind me. The interest in EU funds is very high, as can be seen from the recent tenders for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs who were applying for available funds within mere seconds.
The Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Gabrijela Žalac, stated that we lack 2,700 experts for the implementation of EU projects. How can we attract and interest people, what are we doing in that regard, do we have any specific figures?
The figure of 2,700 experts was obtained by my own company, PJR, based on the extensive research that we carried out within the project of the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds.
We have investigated the absorption capacity of about 500 EU funded users, and that's the number of qualified experts which confirmed that we're missing that number at the Croatian (domestic/national) level. There's a lot involved, lots of education, training, seminars just for training. In PJR, we launched an EU mentorial program, EUment, which is aimed at educating students, all those looking for or changing jobs, or those who are juniors in organisations and want to learn to be better, and see a chance for that with EU funds.
The program lasts for six weeks and the person passes through each department in the company and meets and works with experts. There is a big interest in this, and I believe there is in other programs, too. Our oldest and most visited educational program is the PJR Academy - a simulation of EU project implementation through five days of education. After all the years that we've been doing this, we're seeing more and more interest because we have new enthusiasts who are interested in learning.
Who mostly uses and withdraws EU funds? How successful are we when it comes to withdrawing, and how much are we to use?
Most of the money is withdrawn by Finland, the least is withdrawn by Spain. There is enough time for improvement until the end of the funding period, and in parallel, Croatia has to prepare for the new (financial) period of 2021-2027, in which many rules will be changed, and higher financial capacities will be being expected from users, not just human. When it comes to witnessing the real effects of the EU funds on employment, the economy, the quality of public administration and various areas that have been invested in in the Republic of Croatia, we still have to wait, and in a couple of years, most of the projects will be over and their effects will start to affect society.
How should we then get going on the eve of a new era, and in what area are we usually making the most mistakes?
The biggest problem is undoubtedly the slow system and unrealistic goals. At the beginning of each year, indicative plans are published with the lists of all of the tenders that are planned to opened during that year and the date of the call for the tenders is always listed. All of these tenders are always late, some of them by five to six months.
At this point, for the European Social Fund, there are still no announcements for 2019, and it's already mid-February! Each tender is unique, requiring the special consideration of opportunities, some time of preparation, and the most important part - human and financial resources. Once a tender is opened and the project is sent, a wait for the results commences, which is known to have lasted for as long as one year, and that's too long for entrepreneurs and their markets.
Those who manage to succeed end up encountering new problems in project implementation, the most common mistakes lie in public procurement and the lack of project success indicators. What each consultant would say is that they need to be realistic. It's tempting to write that you'll hire ten workers because it does, for example, bring in the most points in project evaluation but you should be realistic because if you don't end up opening up the ten new jobs at the end of the project, then you haven't met the indicators, you need to take responsibility, and you have to return part of the EU funds awarded to you.
What will the 2021-2027 financial period bring us? What challenges lie ahead of us?
The new financial period brings with it a large number of changes. For Croatia, this is a very challenging period because this is the first time in which we'll be participating from the very beginning in the planning and the creating of a new seven-year financial framework.
This year and next year are set to bring changes within the current programs because there will be less money, and therefore, there will be less tenders, too. Some of the most important changes are that total allocation in ESI funds will be reduced due to the United Kingdoms's exit from the European Union; the plan is have money in the amount of 351.8 billion euros for all members, and the amount will be available through several different funds together.
The amount of 8.8 billion for Croatia for the period 2021-2028 can be seen as a significant reduction compared to the previous period if absolute allocations are being considered, but if we look at how much this is per capita, there is no relative reduction because of the fall in the number of residents in the Republic of Croatia. The biggest change is that the maximum funding rate for less developed regions, of 85 percent, in which Croatia falls, will be reduced to 70 percent.
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Good news for respected Croatian General Ante Gotovina as his tuna company signs a contract with a Metro, which will now result in his company's top quality fish ending up exclusively on Croatia's shelves for the hotel and catering industry.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 6th of February, 2019, with a presentation of the methods of the processing and the preparation of the popular bluefin Adriatic tuna, visitors to the Adriatic Gastro Show will get acquainted with the famous culinary presentation of the well-known "Batelina" chef David Skoko.
At today's Adriatic Gastro Show held in the Dalmatian capital of Split, Metro will introduce the newest product on its already very rich shelves to caterers, hoteliers and all those who work in the field - the Adriatic bluefin tuna.
As Slobodna Dalmacija reported, Metro and Pelagos net farm, the company belonging to General Ante Gotovina, have now signed a cooperation agreement for the sale of the sought-after fish. Metro will offer bluefin sushi/sashimi quality tuna, which will be distributed and made readily available to professional Metro customers in wholesale centres throughout the Republic of Croatia, meaning that it will be being sold exclusively on the Croatian market.
''We're proud that Metro can boast of [this type of] cooperation which makes us the exclusive supplier of Adriatic bluefin tuna from Pelagos net farm for the Croatian HoReCa market. Metro cooperates with numerous restaurants and hotels all over the Republic of Croatia, so we're continually trying to improve our range to offer them the best products according to international culinary trends.
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