First option: FREEDOM TO PROVIDE CROSS-BORDER SERVICES
If you are established in EU/EEA country, you have freedom to provide services on temporary and occasional basis, without obligation of establishment in Croatia, mandatory membership in professional body and without a prior check.
An online declaration is sent directly to the competent authority at Nacionalni informacijski sustav u sportu or to kvalifikacije-sport@mints.hr, along with a photo or a scan of the following documents (signed, without a stamp):
- proof of nationality
- EU certificate, i.e. certificate proving that the candidate at the moment of applying is not banned from practicing, even temporarily, profession for which he has applied, submitted in plain copy
- proof of professional qualifications (in Croatian translation certified by a court interpreter, unless the document is issued in the Bosnian or Serbian language and in the Latin script , submitted in plain copy)
- proof of practicing profession for which is applying for at least 1 out of 10 previous years, in case that profession is not regulated on the territory of a Member State of establishment
Second option: FREEDOM TO ESTABLISHMENT
Recognition of foreign professional qualifications in the field of sport
A request for recognition of foreign professional qualifications in the field of sport in order to provide services on a permanent basis (establishment) is submitted to Nacionalni informacijski sustav u sportu along with a photo or a scan of the following documents:
- proof of nationality
- proof of formal qualifications or other proof of formal education and/or proof of professional qualification (in certified copy, in Croatian translation certified by a court interpreter, unless the document is issued in the Bosnian or Serbian language and in the Latin script)
- proof that the candidate at the moment of applying is not banned from practicing, even temporarily, profession for which he has applied (in certified copy, in Croatian translation certified by a court interpreter, unless the document is issued in the Bosnian or Serbian language and in the Latin script)
Fees
EUR 26,54 for the expenses of Committee for comparison of professional qualification.
Request
First option: E-service
Second option: kvalifikacije-sport@mints.hr (e-address for sending photographed or scanned documents; signed, without a stamp)
Competent authority and regulations
Prisavlje 14, 10 000 Zagreb
+385 1 6042 955
Ordinance on recognition of foreign professional qualifications in the field of sport (OG 91/23)
Authorization
Decision on recognition of foreign professional qualification in the field of sport
Deadline: 90 days
Legal remedies
Appeal in not allowed against decision, you may initiate administrative dispute with competent Administrative court within 30 days after the delivery of decision
Last updated on 2 April 2025