{"id":1420,"date":"2020-12-08T16:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:07:30","slug":"changing-a-legal-form-transformation-of-companies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/changing-a-legal-form-transformation-of-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing a legal form &#8211; transformation of companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/youreurope\/index.htm#en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1385 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/SDG-logo-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"Your Europe\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/SDG-logo-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/SDG-logo-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/SDG-logo-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psc.hr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/SDG-logo.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every company can change its legal form at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pravosudje.gov.hr\/pristup-informacijama-6341\/ostale-informacije\/pravosudna-tijela-rh\/trgovacki-sudovi-6437\/6437\">commerical court<\/a>, two years after its registration or after the latest change of its form.<\/p>\n<p>When the form of a company is changed, liquidation may not be carried out. Company in bankruptcy is not allowed to change its form except when it is a part of the bankruptcy plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transformation of a limited liability company (d.o.o.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A limited liability company may be transformed into a public limited company (d.d.), general partnership (j.t.d.) or limited partnership (k.d.). The decision on transformation is made by the general meeting of the company with the votes representing at least nine tenths of the share capital represented at the general meeting of the company when making the decision. If there are the shares of several types, the decision requires the consent of the shareholders of each type of shares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transformation of a limited liability company (d.o.o.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A limited liability company (d.o.o.) may be transformed into a public limited company (d.d.), general partnership (j.t.d.) and a limited partnership (k.d.). A company may be transformed upon a decision of the general meeting of the company adopted by the majority required to amend the company agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transformation of companies based on partnership into companies based on capital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A general partnership (j.t.d.) and a limited partnership (k.d.) may be transformed into a public limited company (d.d.) upon a decision of all members of the company.<\/p>\n<p>A general partnership (j.t.d.) and a limited partnership (k.d.) may be transformed into a limited liability company upon a decision of all members of the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competent authorities and regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pravosudje.gov.hr\/pristup-informacijama-6341\/ostale-informacije\/pravosudna-tijela-rh\/trgovacki-sudovi-6437\/6437\">Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ulica grada Vukovara 49<\/p>\n<p>10 000 Zagreb<\/p>\n<p>+385 1 3714-580<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pitanja@mpu.hr\">pitanja@mpu.hr<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Zakon o trgova\u010dkim dru\u0161tvima<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">(NN <a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1993_12_111_2133.html\">111\/93<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1999_04_34_707.html\">34\/99<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1999_11_121_1955.html\">121\/99<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; vjerodostojno tuma\u010denje,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2000_05_52_1176.html\">52\/00<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Odluka USRH,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2003_07_118_1647.html\">118\/03<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2007_10_107_3136.html\">107\/07<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2008_12_146_4026.html\">146\/08<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2009_11_137_3317.html\">137\/09<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2011_12_152_3144.html\">152\/11<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; pro\u010di\u0161\u0107eni tekst,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2012_10_111_2392.html\">111\/12<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2013_06_68_1348.html\">68\/13<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2015_10_110_2127.html\">110\/15<\/a>\u00a0i\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2019_04_40_816.html\">40\/19<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Zakon o sudskom registru (NN\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1995_01_1_1.html\">1\/95<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1996_07_57_1163.html\">57\/96<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1998_01_1_1.html\">1\/98<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1999_03_30_609.html\">30\/99<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/1999_05_45_874.html\">45\/99<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2005_04_54_1034.html\">54\/05<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2007_04_40_1345.html\">40\/07<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2010_07_91_2572.html\">91\/10<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2011_08_90_1924.html\">90\/11<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2013_12_148_3145.html\">148\/13<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2014_07_93_1878.html\">93\/14<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2015_10_110_2132.html\">110\/15<\/a>\u00a0i\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2019_04_40_817.html\">40\/19<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pravilnik o poduzimanju radnji u postupku osnivanja trgova\u010dkih dru\u0161tava na daljinu (NN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2019_07_65_1279.html\">65\/19<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pravilnik o na\u010dinu upisa u sudski registar (NN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2019_12_121_2399.html\">121\/19<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pravilnik o obliku i sadr\u017eaju obrasca za davanje izjave o nepostojanju nepodmirenih dugovanja na osnovi poreza te doprinosa za mirovinsko, odnosno zdravstveno osiguranje kao ni dugovanja za neto pla\u0107e radnicima (NN <a href=\"http:\/\/narodne-novine.nn.hr\/clanci\/sluzbeni\/2012_02_22_592.html\">22\/12<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Updated: 7 December 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every company can change its legal form at the commerical court, two years after its registration or after the latest change of its form. 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