Citizens or legal entities registered in a Member State of the European Union can acquire the ownership right of a real estate located in the Republic of Croatia if they meet the conditions for the acquisition of ownership rights applicable to the citizens of the Republic of Croatia and legal entities established in the Republic of Croatia, except for the real estates located in the exempted areas such as agricultural land. Such foreign national does not need to require any approval nor any certificate from the Ministry of Justice to acquire the ownership rights of a real estate in the Republic of Croatia. Foreign nationals or legal entities residing or registered outside the EU Member States need to receive the approval for the acquisition of property ownership rights in the Republic of Croatia from the Ministry of Justice, which they can receive only if the reciprocity rights are met for the acquisition of ownerships of a real estate in the Republic of Croatia between the country of a citizen's residence or registration, and the Republic of Croatia. The list of countries which meet the reciprocity rights can be found in the section Information on reciprocity in the acquisition of property ownership rights between the Republic of Croatia and countries other than the European Union Member States, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Swiss Confederation.