First option - FREEDOM TO PROVIDE CROSS-BORDER SERVICES
If you are established in EU/EEA state, you have freedom to provide services on temporary and occasional basis, without obligation of establishment in Croatia, mandatory membership in professional body and without a prior check.
An online declaration is sent at
pisarnica@mzozt.hr or
ets-postrojenja@mzozt.hr, along with a photo or a scan of the following documents (signed, without a stamp):
• Request for exclusion from the Emissions Trading Scheme (form) accompanied by the documents below
• Evidence of greenhouse gas emissions below 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021, 2022 and 2023, according to a verified emissions report
• Evidence of monitoring and reporting on annual greenhouse gas emissions
• proof of reserve or auxiliary units of the plant that worked less than 300 working hours per year in 2021, 2022 and 2023
If EU/EEA nationals do not provide the required documents, a competent authority will check their data via the Internal Market Information System (IMI).
Second option - FREEDOM TO ESTABLISH
If you are established in EU/EEA state, you as a physical or legal person have freedom to provide services on a permanent basis in Croatia, if you register an establishment in Croatia and submit the following documents, i.e. fulfil the following conditions:
The request is accompanied by the required attachments:
- report on annual greenhouse gas emissions for 2021, 2022 and 2023
- a verification report demonstrating that the greenhouse gas emissions from the installation are less than 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in each of the 3 years mentioned, excluding biomass emissions
- proof of monitoring and reporting on annual greenhouse gas emissions
- proof of reserve or auxiliary units of the plant that worked less than 300 working hours per year in 2021, 2022 and 2023
If EU/EEA nationals do not provide the required documents, a competent authority will check their data via the Internal Market Information System (IMI).
Fees
None
Competent authority and regulations
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Radnička 80, 10 000 Zagreb
+ 385 1 37 17 909, + 385 1 37 17 130
pisarnica@mzozt.hr
ets-postrojenja@mzozt.hr
Climate Change and Ozone Layer Protection Act (OG
67/25)
Decree on the method of trading in greenhouse gas emission allowances (OG
89/20)
Ordinance on the method of free allocation of emission allowances to installations and on the monitoring, reporting and verification of reports on greenhouse gas emissions from installations and aircraft (OG
89/20)
Authorisation
Decision on exclusion of an installation from trading in emission units with greenhouse gas emissions of less than 2,500 t CO2eq
Deadline: 30 days
Legal remedies
An appeal may not be lodged against the decision; however, you may submit a complaint within 30 days to the competent administrative court:
The legal remedy is an integral part of every decision.
