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On 24 October 2025, at a session of the Croatian Parliament held under urgent procedure, the new Foreign Investment Screening Act (hereinafter: the “Act”) was adopted. The Act was enacted with the aim of implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019…

On 1 November 2024, the Decision on the Expanded Application of the Collective Agreement for the Trade Sector (Official Gazette, No. 126/2024) came into effect. The extension of the Collective Agreement for the Trade Sector (Official Gazette, No. 117/2024, hereinafter referred to as the "Collective Agreement") means that its provisions…

The Council of the EU on 19 November 2024 adopted, in its first reading, the text of a regulation abolishing the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform (EU ODR Platform), planning to replace it with a more modern and effective tool. This decision follows nearly a decade of limited success…

At the end of October 2023, the Croatian Parliament adopted the latest amendments to the Companies Act, which entered into force on 10 November 2023, except for certain provisions which entered into force on 1 January 2024. These amendments introduced the following key updates: Individuals with unsettled debts cannot incorporate…

The new issue of The Legal Industry Reviews has been published. In the "Collections 2023: Business Law" you can read about the latest developments in the field of transportation law, brought to you by our Danijela Simeunović and Tin Aničić from KPS. We are pleased to contribute to this excellent…

We are proud to have contributed to the new and expanded Global Aviation Resource Index(GARI). GARI is an online tool which both scores and allows users to compare aircraft relatedrepossession rights, deregistration rights and restructuring procedures in 100 jurisdictions aroundthe world. GARI will assist with planning new aircraft and engine…

On 10 June 2023, the new Law on Non-Contentious Proceedings (Official Gazette No. 59/23; the “LNP”) came into force, which was adopted by the Croatian Parliament at the session on 24 May 2023. The purpose of adopting the LNP arose from the need to modernise the normative regulation of non-contentious…

On 1 July 2022, Croatian parliament adopted the Act on Amendments of the Civil Procedure Act (“CPA”) which is in force as of 19 July 2022. The primary goals of such amendments is to expedite, simplify and modernize civil procedure. Thus, the amendment to the CPA introduces a greater number…

Amendments to the Bankruptcy Act entered into force on 31 March 2022 harmonizing it with provisions of the Directive (EU) 2019/1023 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on preventive restructuring frameworks, on discharge of debt and disqualifications, and on measures to increase the efficiency…

On 1 June 2022 the amendments to the Companies Act (the CA) will enter into force, while certain amendments to the Court Register Act (the CRA) already entered into force in March this year. Amendments to the CA introduce the following crucial novelties: Subsidiary can be incorporated remotely After the…