How To Register a yacht in Croatia?
Organization : Government of the Republic of Croatia
Facility : yacht Registration
Country : Croatia
Website : https://gov.hr/en/instructions-for-registering-a-yacht/486
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How To Register a yacht in Croatia?
Request for the first registration of a yacht in the Vessel Register has to be submitted to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office.
Instructions For Registering A Yacht
Request for the first registration of a yacht in the Vessel Register has to be submitted to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office
(1) The following yachts can be registered in the Vessel Register:
** Yacht owned in whole or in part by a Croatian national;
** Yacht owned in whole by a foreign natural person or a legal entity if it predominantly stays in Croatia.
Submitting the Registration Request
Registration requests can be submitted:
** Through the public digital service available in the e-Citizens or e-Business platforms1;
** By e-mail or other appropriate means of digital delivery2;
** By direct delivery to the Harbourmaster’s Office keeping the Register; and
** By regular mail.
Notwithstanding the above methods of delivery, the registration request shall be deemed duly delivered when recorded in the Central Information System for Digital Administration of the Ministry.
If the registration request is delivered to the Harbourmaster’s Office which, according to Article 254 of the Croatian Maritime Code, is not competent to process it, the Harbourmaster’s Office shall immediately register the request in the Central Information System for Digital Administration of the Ministry and forward the request and its attachments to the competent Harbourmaster’s Office for processing.
Each request for registration in the Vessel Register, with the exception of the request for the first registration, has to clearly indicate the NIB and/or the name of the boat for which the registration is requested.
The Harbourmaster’s Office where the owner of the yacht, its operator or the company are registered is competent for the registration of the yacht.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, the Harbourmaster’s Office where the registration request has been submitted or the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure are both competent for the registration of a yacht of 24 m or more in length engaged in international navigation.
The Harbourmaster’s Office where the request for the first registration of a yacht has been submitted is competent for the registration of a yacht whose owner, operator, company or user does not have residence or registered seat within the territory of the Harbourmaster’s Office.
A list of Harbourmaster’s Offices can be found on the website of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure:
Harbourmaster’s Offices:
You can submit the request on the prescribed form, which you can download from the link of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
Notes:
1. Documents that serve as the basis for registration in Sheet B and Sheet C (registration/pre-registration/notice) must be submitted as original documents, while other documents can be submitted as notarised copies (which is why these documents cannot be scanned and send by e-mail and have to be sent by regular mail or delivered in person to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office when sending the form and other documents to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office e-mail
2. Documents that serve as the basis for registration in Sheet B and Sheet C (registration/pre-registration/notice) must be submitted as original documents, while other documents can be submitted as notarised copies (which is why these documents cannot be scanned and send by e-mail and have to be sent by regular mail or delivered in person to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office when sending the form and other documents to the relevant Harbourmaster’s Office e-mail
Documents Required For First Registration of Yacht
The following documents have to be submitted along with the request for the first registration of a new (newly built) yacht of more than 24 m in length:
** Document proving the ownership of the yacht;
** Document proving that the requirements for registering the vessel in the Vessel Register have been met in accordance with Articles 187 and 188 of the Maritime Code;
** Shipbuilding certificate issued by the shipbuilder or the shipyard;
** Attestation from a classification society that the vessel was completed, containing all data to be entered into Sheet A;
** Documents proving the status of the operator, the company or the yacht user, if they are to be entered in the Vessel Register;
** Wreck Removal Certificate for a yacht with a gross tonnage of 300 tonnes or more;
** Bunker Certificate if the gross tonnage of a yacht is greater than 1000 tonnes;
** PLR (Athens) Certificate if the yacht shall be used for international transport in whole or in part, and the yacht is authorised to transport more than 12 passengers.