WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/HRV/C/3 
30 November 2010 
 (10-6459) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
  
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
CROATIA 
 The present document reproduces the text
1 of the Regulations on the Professional Criteria and 
Procedures for Granting Authorizations for Perfo rming Collective Management of Rights and on 
Remunerations for the Work done by the Council of Experts, as notified by Croatia on 26 July 2010 
under Article 63.2 of the Agreemen t (see document IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
CROATIE 
 Le présent document contient le texte
1 du Règlement sur les critères professionnels et les 
procédures d'octroi des autorisations pour la gesti on collective des droits et sur la rémunération du 
travail effectué par le Conseil d'e xperts, notifié par la Croatie le 26 juillet 2010 au titre de l'article 63:2 
de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
CROACIA 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento sobre los criterios 
profesionales y el procedimiento para la concesión de  autorizaciones para la realización de la gestión 
colectiva de los derechos y sobre la remuneración del trabajo realizado por el Consejo de Expertos, 
que Croacia ha notificado el 26 de julio de 2010 en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del 
artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/HRV/2). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente.   
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REGULATIONS ON THE PROFESSIONAL CRITERIA  
AND PROCEDURES FOR GRANT ING AUTHORIZATIONS  
FOR PERFORMING COLLE CTIVE MANAGEMENT  
OF RIGHTS AND ON REMU NERATIONS FOR THE  
WORK DONE BY THE COUNCIL OF EXPERTS 
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
    
(NN 72/2004 in force from 01.06.2004.) 
 
Zagreb, June 2005  
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REGULATIONS ON THE PROFESSIONAL  CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR 
GRANTING AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PERFOR MING COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF 
RIGHTS AND ON REMUNERATIONS FOR THE WORK DONE BY THE COUNCIL OF 
EXPERTS  
 
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE REGULATIONS 
 
Article 1 
 
These Regulations shall prescribe the professional criter ia, which shall be fulfilled by the Associations 
for Collective Management of Copyright and Relate d Rights (hereinafter: the Association), and the 
procedure carried out by the State Intellectual Pr operty Office (hereinafter: the Office) for granting 
authorizations to the Associations for performing such activity, as well as, the criteria for establishing 
remunerations for the work done by Council of Experts.  
 
PROFESSIONAL CRITERIA 
 
Article 2 
 To perform the collective management of copyright , and related rights respectively, the Association 
shall have:   
1.  its principle place of business in the Republic of Croatia;  2.  adequate premises;  
3.  a technical service, in which a knowledg e of domestic and international copyright and 
related rights, the techniques of exercisi ng the respective rights and a knowledge of 
foreign languages have been ensured;  
4. a technical service in which a knowledge of accounting and financial regulations have 
been ensured.  
 
Article 3 
 
It will be considered that the criteria referred to in Article 2 are fulfilled if the Association has:  
 
1.  premises equipped with standard  communication and IT equipments;  
2.  an employee with a degree of the Faculty of Law, and at least two years of 
professional experience in the field of management of copyright and related rights, and a knowledge of the English, or  French or German language.  
3.  an employee complying with the regulations concerning the accountancy, and having 
at least two years of professional experience in the organization and administration of the accountancy.  
 
Article 4 
 
The professional qualifications and a knowledge of fore ign languages referred to in Article 3 shall be 
proven by the relevant documents, and the prof essional experience by the documentation showing 
where and doing which jobs the experience has been gained.  
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  Article 5 
 
The Association may entrust specific administrative, t echnical or auxiliary works to another natural or 
legal person, in which case such person must fulfil the criteria prescribed by law for performing such 
works, and shall have an employee who fulfils  the criteria set out in these Regulations.  
 
Article 6 
 
It shall be considered that the Association fulfils  the criteria concerning its technical service, if 
specific works within the scope of its activities re lated to the management of respective rights are 
performed by the technical service of another A ssociation, which has the authorization for the 
management of particular rights. All the rights a nd obligations between the Associations shall be 
established by a contract.   
APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF THE AUTHORIZATION 
 
Article 7 
 
(1)  An application for the grant of the aut horization for performing activities referred to in 
Article 1 of these Regulations shall contain:  
 
1.  the name and the principle place of business of the Association;  
2.  an excerpt from the Register of Associations;  3.  an indication of the category of the holder of copyright, respectively, related right, 
whose rights it intends to manage, and the i ndication of the type of rights which it 
intends to manage on behalf of the respective holders;  
4.  the Statute of the Association;  
5.  for the employees referred to in Arti cle 3, items 2 and 3 of these Regulations:  
employment contracts, documentation whic h proves their professional qualifications, 
professional experience, and a know ledge of foreign languages;  
 (2)  The application referred to in paragraph (1 ) of this Article shall be accompanied by:  
 
1.  list of members based on the received powers of attorney;  2.  contracts on mutual representation concluded with foreign Associations.  
 (3)  In the case referred to in Article 5 of these Regulations the application shall be accompanied 
by the contract with a natural or a legal pers on, and the documentation, which proves that the 
person fulfils the criteria set out in these Regulations.  
 (4)  In the case referred to in Article 6 of the se Regulations, the application shall be accompanied 
by the contract with the other Associati on which has the authorization for performing 
collective management of particular rights already granted.  
 
(5)  The attachments to the application referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article may be filed in 
electronic form.  
 
Article 8 
 
(1)  The Associations that perform collective mana gement of rights shall, within a period of 12 
months from the date on which the Copyright and Related Rights Act enters into force, file 
with the Office their application for the grant of  the authorization to perform such activities.  
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  (2)  If the Association does not file the applicati on within the period referred to in paragraph (1) 
of this Article, it shall be deemed that it do es not fulfil the criteria prescribed by these 
Regulations.  
 
Article 9 
 
The Office shall grant authorizations to the Associ ations for Collective Management of Rights on the 
basis of Article 159 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, in accordance with the professional criteria set out in these Regulations within the period prescribed by law.   
Article 10 
 
(1)  The Office shall keep the r ecords of the Associations for Collective Management of Rights.  
 (2)  The records referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall contain the documentation 
referred to in Article 7 of these Regulati ons, and the Office decision concerning the 
application filed by the Association.  
 (3)  The Office decision concerning the applica tion filed by the Association, a list of the 
Association members based on the received power s of attorney, and a list of contracts on 
mutual representation concluded by the Asso ciation with foreign associations shall be 
available to interested domestic and foreign natural and legal persons.  
 
REMUNERATIONS FOR THE WORK DONE BY OF THE COUNCIL OF EXPERTS 
 
Article 11 
 
(1)  The president, members of the Council of Expe rts, and invited experts shall be entitled to a 
remuneration for their work.  
 (2)  The remuneration shall be paid by the parti es involved in the procedure before the Council of 
Experts, as a rule, in equal shares, unless otherwise decided by the Council of Experts.  
 
(3)  The amount of the remuneration referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be prescribed 
by the Minister in a special act.  
 
Article 12 
 
(1)  On the date these Regulations enter into for ce, the Regulations on the Professional Criteria for 
Performing Collective Management of Copyrigh t and Rights of Performers (OG no. 37/2000), 
shall cease to be valid.  
 (2)  The previously granted authorizations for collective management of rights shall cease to be 
valid, upon the expiration of the period referre d to in Article 8, paragraph (1) of these 
Regulations.  
 
Article 13 
 These Regulations shall enter into force on the ei ght day following its publication in "Narodne 
Novine" – the Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia.  
 
 
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