If you are already established in another EU/EEA country, you are allowed the freedom to provide services on an occasional and temporary basis, without the obligation of establishment in Croatia, mandatory membership in professional body and without a prior check.
An online declaration is sent in the mentioned case directly to the competent authority at pravni@mints.hr, along with a photo or a scan of the following documents (signed, without a stamp):
These documents are submitted in originals or copies and a certified translation into Croatian, except for the proof of nationality, which is submitted in a plain copy and an uncertified translation.
During the annual renewal of the application for the provision of services on a temporary or occasional basis, the applicant is obliged to provide a statement on the frequency and number of days of providing the service in Croatia in the previous year.
Tourist guide services can be provided at or in protected sites (localities) only by tourist guides who have passed the special part of the certification exam for protected sites (localities).
The application for recognition of qualifications is submitted to pravni@mints.hr and the following documents are submitted according to the general system:
Proof of formal qualifications or other proof of completed formal education, proof of professional qualifications and a certificate of passing a professional exam must be submitted in originals or certified copies and a certified translation into Croatian. Other documents can be submitted in a plain copy and non-certified translation.
The Ministry shall issue a decision on the recognition of a foreign professional qualification for performing a certain regulated profession in the Republic of Croatia:
The decision on the recognition of a foreign professional qualification enables the holder of the professional qualification to access and perform a regulated profession in the Republic of Croatia for which he was trained in a member state, under the same conditions that apply to citizens of the Republic of Croatia.
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports may, in the process of recognizing a foreign professional qualification, require the candidate to implement one of the supplementary measures:
In that case, the Ministry shall issue a temporary decision determining the above-mentioned supplementary measure, based on the candidate’s choice, within 60 days from the date of the candidate’s declaration of the choice of the supplementary measure.
None; except for the implementation of a supplementary measure, if it is established by a temporary decision
First option: e-service (for EU/EEA citizens)
Second option: pisarnica@mints.hr (for sending photographed or scanned documentation; with signature and without stamp)
Prisavlje 14, 10 000 Zagreb
+385 1 6161 243
Act on the Provision of Services in Tourism (OG 130/17, 25/19, 98/19, 42/20 and 70/21 – consolidated text)
Ordinance on the professional exam for tourist guides and the examination program for tourist escorts (OG 50/08, 120/08)
Ordinance on the list of tourist units (locations) by county (NN 76/08)
Ordinance on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications of a tourist guide and manager of a travel agency (OG 58/19, 28/20)
Act on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications (OG 82/15, 70/19, 47/20, 123/23)
Decision on recognition of qualifications
Deadline: 30 days
No appeal is allowed against the decision of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, but an administrative dispute may be initiated by filing a lawsuit with the Administrative Court in Zagreb within 30 days from the delivery of the decision. The lawsuit is submitted to the Administrative Court in Zagreb directly in writing, verbally on the record with that Court or sent by mail, ie submitted electronically.
Last updated on 13 November 2023