First option – CROSS-BORDER FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES

If you have already registered an establishment in another EU/EEA country, you have the freedom to provide services on a temporary and occasional basis, without an obligation to register an establishment in Croatia.

In that case, you need to send an e-statement with a photograph or a scan of the following data or documents (signed but not stamped):

• proof of registration of an establishment in another EU/EEA country and proof that there is no prohibition of professional activity at the time the certificate is issued
• proof of qualifications (graduate university studies in engineering)
• proof of 2 to 5 years of professional experience working on planning activities, depending on the academic degree
• proof of vocational training and professional development (expert and scientific papers on fire protection)

Second option – FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT

In case you have a registered establishment in another EU/EEA country, you are allowed to provide services as a natural person on a permanent basis if you register the establishment and submit the following documents:

• proof of qualifications (graduate university studies in engineering)
• proof of passed examination of professional competence for the performance of construction activities
• proof of 2 to 5 years of professional experience working o planning activities, depending on the academic degree
• proof of vocational training and professional development (expert and scientific papers on fire protection)

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Recognition of qualification

Application for the recognition of qualification is submitted to pitanja@mup.hr

with the edition of sending documentation as with the registration of establishment, and:

• proof of acquiring conditions for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (proof of competence, proof of education/professional qualification)

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Fees

None

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Competent authority and regulations

Ministry of Interior affairs

Ulica Grada Vukovara 33, 10 000 Zagreb

+385 1 6122 111

pitanja@mup.hr

Fire protection Act (OG 92/10 and 114/22)

Ordinance on authorisations for drafting fire-fighting feasibility studies (OG 141/11)

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Authorisation

Decision on the authorisation of drafting fire-fighting feasibility studies

Deadline: 30 days

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Legal remedies

Possibility of initiating an administrative dispute before the administrative court within 30 days from the day of the delivery of the decision

Last updated on 18 September 2024.