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Amendments to the foreigners act

The draft proposal for amendments to the Foreigners Act was open for public consultation from February 28 to March 14. The purpose of these amendments is, among other things, to align with the new EU Blue Card Directive, which aims to facilitate the arrival of highly skilled labor. Additionally, the goal is to increase the efficiency of employing foreign workers, better regulate employment conditions for foreign workers, protect domestic workers, ensure the return of emigrated Croatian citizens, and secure the necessary workforce for the economy. The law entered into force on March 15th, 2025. Changes The validity period of residence and work...

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Matrimonial property

According to the Croatian Family Law, spouses can have matrimonial property and their own property. Matrimonial property is the property that the spouses have acquired through work during the duration of the marriage union or originates from this property. Therefore, the property owned by a spouse at the time of marriage is his own property. It is interesting to note that the author's work represents the own property of the spouse who created it, however, property benefits from copyright and related rights acquired during marriage represent matrimonial property, as are the winnings from games of chance. Spouses are co-owners of the matrimonial...

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Croatian Law on Investment Promotion – Supports for justified costs and other supports

Tax supports are not the only supports provided by the Law on Investment Promotion, but there are also the following types of supports for beneficiaries. Supports for justified costs of new jobs associated with the investment project For example, a support beneficiary who ensures the creation of new jobs related to an investment project in counties where the registered unemployment rate is more than 15% will be granted non-refundable financial support for the justified costs of creating new jobs related to the investment in the amount of up to 30% of the eligible costs for opening of a new job, in the...

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Croatian Law on Investment Promotion – Tax support

Pursuant to the Law on Investment Promotion, the purpose of investment promotion is to stimulate economic growth and the realization of the economic policy of the Republic of Croatia, its inclusion in international exchange flows and the strengthening of the investment and competitive ability of Croatian entrepreneurship. Beneficiaries of support are entrepreneurs (micro, small, medium, and large entrepreneurs), that is, a trading company or a natural person (craftsman) who is liable for profit tax, registered in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Beneficiaries of investment support cannot be legal or natural persons who have been legally convicted of economic crime. Tax...

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Bankruptcy in Croatia

Financial instability is present in European as well as in Croatian capital market. Therefore legal persons are much more careful when entering into new business. One must always bear in mind the possibility of bankruptcy of his/her business associate. Thereat, all legal persons must be aware of certain legal consequences of bankruptcy: If the bankruptcy creditor, over the last sixty days prior to the bankruptcy petition or afterwards, by courts enforcement or by forced courts insurance, obtains a separate satisfaction right or similar right on debtors property within the bankrupt’s estate, this right ceases i.e. the ongoing procedure stops when bankruptcy...

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Alterations in tax laws

In February 2012, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the whole package of tax law alterations that significantly change the taxpayer’s position. With the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act being changed and the current 23% tax rate increased on 25%, certain amendments to the Profit Tax Act, Income Tax Act and Contributions Act were also adopted. New, higher standard VAT tax rate of 25% entered into force on 1st March 2012 as well as a lower VAT tax rate of 10% set for edible oils and fats, children’s food, water and white sugar. From 1st January 2013 this lower...

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Act on the time limit for performance of a monetary obligation

Act on the time limit for performance of a monetary obligation entered into force on 1st January 2012, and therefore, the provision from article 174 of the Civil Obligations Act, ceased to have effect. According to this, now invalid provision that refers to commercial contracts, the debtor was liable to fulfill his monetary obligation within 30 days, unless a (shorter) time period was determined by the commercial contract. This Act now defines the time limit for performance of monetary obligations among the entrepreneurs themselves, i.e. the entrepreneurs and corporate bodies under public law, it defines legal consequences of late payments, with...

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Business travel during corona measures

Measures introduced as a result of the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) make it very difficult for people to move across borders, however the Croatian government has introduced some milder measures for people traveling for business reasons. Accordingly, from 28 February 2021, people traveling from countries / regions of the European Union / European Economic Area, although coming from countries that do not belong to the green list of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, do nothave to have a PCR test nor is a measure of self-isolation imposed on them if they travel for necessary family or business reasons. One...

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Acquiring Croatian citizenship for foreigners

This article addresses the procedure for acquiring citizenship for personswho do not have some form of connection with the Republic of Croatia (suchas belonging to the Croatian folks). Acquisition of citizenship is regulated by the Law on Croatian Citizenship, and according to this law citizenship can be acquired in 4 ways: by origin by being born on the territory of the Republic of Croatia by naturalization under international agreements A person who is not a member of the Croatian folks, an expatriate or a descendant of the expatriate may acquire Croatian citizenship by naturalization. A foreigner who has applied for admission to Croatian citizenship by naturalization can...

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Liability for construction contract defects

Building contract is actually a service contract whereby a contactor agrees to deliver building work according to the specific project within a certain deadline and a client agrees to pay a certain price in exchange. Each contract needs to include both subject and price. The subject of a building contract is a construction of certain building on the certain land or performance of other building works. Hereby houses, buildings, bridges, water- gates, tunnels, roads, sewage systems etc. are considered buildings. Common trade works where e.g., no change in the apartment structure was carried out, geological-exploration drilling or some isolation works etc....

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