IP/N/1/HRV/5  
 
24 June 2013  
(13-3262)  Page: 1/8  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
CROATIA  
By means of a submission  received on 8 May 2013, the Delegation of the Republic of Croatia has 
notified the following "Other Laws and Regulations". 
  
"OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS" 
 
 
 
TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Copyright and related rights 
 
Regulations on the Professional Criteria and 
Procedures for Granting Authorizations for Performing Collective Management of Rights 
and on Remunerations for the Work done by the 
Council of Experts
1 – Regulations Amending and 
Supplementing the Regulations on the 
Professional Criteria and Procedures for 
Granting Authorizations for Performing Collective Management of Rights and on Remunerations for the Work done by the 
Council of Experts
2 
 Entry into force of Amending Regulations: 
23.12.2008. 
Date of enactment: 8.12.2008. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 151/2008 of 23 December 2008. 
  
  
The regulations contain professional criteria 
which collective societies must fulfil in order to perform collective management of rights and 
detailed procedures for granting authorisation 
by the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia for performing collective 
management of rights. 
 
                                               
1 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/1. 
2 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Trademarks 
 Trademark Regulations – Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Trademark Regulations
3 
 
Entry into force:  15.06.2011. 
Date of enactment: 30.05.2011. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 66/2011 of 15 June 2011. 
  
 
 
The regulations contain detailed procedures for granting trademarks before the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of 
Croatia 
 
Geographical indications 
 
Regulations on Geographical Indications and 
Designations of Origin of Products and Services – Regulations Supplementing the Regulations on Geographical Indications and Designations of 
Origin of Products and Services
4 
 Entry into force:  15.06.2011. 
Date of enactment: 30.05.2011. 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 66/2011 of 15 June 2011. 
  
  
The regulations contain detailed procedures for 
granting protection of geographical indications of products and services before the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of 
Croatia. 
 
Industrial designs 
 Regulations on Industrial Designs – Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Industrial 
Design Regulations
5 
 Entry into force:  15.06.2011. 
Date of enactment: 30.05.2011. 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 66/2011 of 15 June 2011.   
 
 
The regulations contain detailed procedures for granting protection of industrial designs before 
the State Intellectual Property Office of the 
Republic of Croatia.  
 Patents  
 Patent Regulations - Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Patent Regulations
6 
 
Entry into force:  27.12.2012. Date of enactment: 18.12.2012. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 145/2012 of 27 December 2012. 
  
 
 
The regulations contain detailed procedures for granting the patents before the State 
Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of 
Croatia.  
                                               
3 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/2. 
4 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/3. 
5 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/4. 
6 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/5. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Plant variety protection 
 
Plant Variety Right Protection Act – Act Amending and Supplementing the Plant Variety Protection Act
7 
 
Entry into force:  12.11.2011. Date of enactment: 21.10.2011. 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 124/2011 of 4 November 2011  
 
 Regulation on the Procedure of Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability of New 
Plant Varieties for the Purpose of Granting a 
Plant Breeder’s Right and Registration of Varieties
8 
 
Entry into force:  11.06.2011. Date of enactment: 10.05.2011. 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 61/2011 of 3 June 2011   
 
Regulation on Entry in the Registers in carrying Out the Plant Variety Protection Activities
9 
 
Entry into force:  4.06.2011. Date of enactment: 13.05.2011. 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 58/2011 of 27 May 2011   
 
Regulation on the Requirements for Using the Harvested Material of Protected Varieties on 
One's Own Farm and on the Criteria of Defining 
Small Agricultural Producers
10 
 
Entry into force:  23.12.2011. 
Date of enactment: 29.11.2011. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 145/2011 of 15 December 2011 
  
 
 
Protection of plant varieties, procedures for the protection of plant varieties.  
                                               
7 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
8 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
9 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
10 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
 IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated 
circuits 
 Regulations on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products – Regulations 
Supplementing the Regulations on Protection of 
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
11 
 
Entry into force:  01.06.2008. 
Date of enactment: 30.10.2007. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 117/2007 of 14 November 2011. 
  
 
 
 Regulations contain detailed granting procedures for layout-design (topography) of 
integrated circuits before the State Intellectual 
Property Office.  
 Protection of undisclosed information 
 Data Secrecy Act– Act Amending the Data 
Secrecy Act
12 
 Entry into force:  04.08.2012. 
Date of enactment: 13.07.2012. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 86/2012 of 27 July 2012. 
   
Medicinal Products Act 2007
13 and the Act on 
Amendments and Supplements to the Medicinal Products Act
14 
 
Entry into force:  12.11.2012. Date of enactment: 21.10.2011. 
 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 124/2011 of 4 November 2011.   
  Protection of documents covered by 
professional or business secrecy. 
  
 
  
 
   
Regulates data exclusivity. 
 
 Civil judicial procedures and remedies 
 Civil Procedure Act – Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Civil Procedure Act
15 
 
Entry into force:  01.04.2013. Date of enactment: 15.02.2013.  
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 25/2013 of 28 February 2013   
 
 
Regulates procedures before the Court in civil matters. 
 
 
                                               
11 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/6. 
12 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
13 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/7. 
14 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/8. 
15 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Execution Act16  
 
Entry into force:  15.10.2012. Date of enactment: 28.09.2012.  
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 112/2012 of 11 October 2012  
 
 Civil Obligations Act - Act on Amendments and 
Supplements to the Civil Obligations Act
17 
 Entry into force:  17.04.2008. Date of enactment: 28.03.2008. 
 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 41/2008 of 9 April 2008 
 
  
Law on Courts
18 
 Entry into force:  14.03.2013. Date of enactment: 22.02.2013. 
 
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 28/2013 of 6 March 2013 
 
   
 
 
Regulates procedures for the enforcement by the Court ordered execution.  
 
  
 
 Regulates rights and obligations in the field of 
contract rights. 
   
 
  
 
  
Regulates jurisdiction of Croatian courts. 
 
 Special requirements related to border measures 
 Regulation on Customs Measures Against Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights- regulations on Amendments and Supplements to 
the Regulation on Customs Measures Against 
Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights
19 
 
Entry into force:  08.08.2007. 
Date of enactment: 02.08.2007.  
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 82/2007 of 8 August 2007   
 
 
Regulates custom action against goods suspected of infringing intellectual property right and measures to be taken against goods 
found to be infringing such rights. 
  
                                               
16 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
17 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
18 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
19 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
Criminal procedures 
 
Criminal Procedure Act - Act on Amendments 
and Supplements to the Criminal Procedure Act20 
 Entry into force:  01.01.2013. 
Date of enactment: 07.12.2012. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 143/2012 of 20 December 2012 
  
 
Penal Act - Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Penal Act
21 
 
Entry into force:  01.01.2013. 
Date of enactment: 14.12.2012.  
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 144/2012 of 21 December 2012   
 
Regulates the field of criminal offences. 
   
 
  
 
  
 
Regulates the field of criminal offences. 
 Any administrative procedures and remedies not 
covered above 
  Trade Act - Act on Amendments and 
Supplements to the Trade Act
22 
 Entry into force:  15.10.2011. 
Date of enactment: 30.09.2011. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 114/2011 of 7 October 2011 
   
 
 
  Regulates unfair competition. 
 
 General Administrative Procedures Act
23 
 Entry into force:  01.01.2010. 
Date of enactment: 27.03.2009. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 47/2009 of 16 April 2009 
  
Common provisions concerning administrative 
procedures.  
                                               
20 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
21 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
22 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
23 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Administrative Disputes Act – Act on 
Amendments and Supplements to the 
Administrative Disputes Act24 
 Entry into force:  28.12.2012. 
Date of enactment: 07.12.2012. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 143/2012 of 20 December 2012 
  
 
Act on Representation in the Area of Industrial Property Rights - Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Act on  Representation in the 
Area of Industrial Property Rights
25 
 Entry into force:  15.05.2013. 
Date of enactment: 19.04.2013. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 54/2013 of 7 May 2013 
   
Act on Administrative Fees in the Field of 
Intellectual Property – Act on Amendments and Supplements to the Act on Administrative Fees in 
the Field of Intellectual Property
26 
 Entry into force:  07.05.2011. 
Date of enactment: 15.04.2011. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia No. 49/2011 of 29 April 2011 
 
  
Regulations on Special Charges and Charges for 
Information Services Provided by the State Intellectual Property Office
27 
 
Entry into force:  01.09.2011. Date of enactment: 03.08.2011.  
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 109/2011 of 23 September 2011   
Regulates the procedure of initiating and 
conducting court control over decisions taken in 
the administrative procedures.    
 
  
 
  
 
Regulates the procedure in respect of submitting the power of attorney in the procedures for registering and maintaining the 
industrial property rights. 
  
 
  
 
   
Provisions and tariffs about administrative fees 
to be paid in the procedures for granting intellectual property rights. 
 
  
 
   
 
  
Provisions concerning payment of special 
expenses of the Intellectual Property Office in the procedures for granting intellectual property 
rights. 
 
                                               
24 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
25 See document IP/N/1/HRV/O/9. 
26 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. 
27 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request. IP/N/1/HRV/5 
 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND 
ENTRY INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION  
 
Regulation on the Costs of Services and 
Procedures Performed by the Institute for Seeds 
and Seedling - Regulations Amending and Supplementing the Regulations on the Costs of Services and Procedures Performed by the 
Institute for Seeds and Seedling
28 
 Entry into force:  04.02.2013. 
Date of enactment: 21.01.2013. 
 The Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 
No. 14/2013 of 4 February 2013 
  
Provisions and tariffs about fees relating to the 
Plant Variety Protection 
 
  
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28 Available for consultation in its original language in the WTO Se cretariat on request.